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Investors Ditching Bitcoin for Gold

Bitcoin investors are selling cryptocurrency and buying gold, according to a number of investment analysts. “I do think that Bitcoin pulled a little bit of demand away from gold last year, in 2017,” Jan Van Eck told CNBC’s ETF Edge last week. “Interestingly, we just polled 4,000 bitcoin investors and their number one investment for 2019 is […]

Treasury Department Ups January-March Borrowing Estimate Another $8 Billion

The government shutdown apparently didn’t save Uncle Sam any money. The US Treasury Department said it will borrow about $8 billion more than originally estimated in the first quarter of 2019 as deficits continue to spiral upward. According to new Treasury Department projections, the US government will issue $365 billion through credit markets in the […]

Free Minds and Free Markets: It’s Your Dime Interview with Reason’s Nick Gillespie

From the moment we enter the education system, we’re taught that government provides a benevolent hand that guides the economy and protects its citizens. For more than 50 years, Reason Magazine has been exposing the cracks in this narrative, contrasting the heavy hand of government with the beauty of free minds and free markets. In […]

Peter Schiff: Fed Capitulation Is Just the First Piece of the Puzzle

Stocks got a boost on Friday and gold rose 1.8% on further signs that the Federal Reserve is capitulating. An article in the Wall Street Journal basically confirmed the Fed is now thinking about winding down its quantitative tightening program. As a CNBC headline put it, “The Fed may be moving closer to ending its […]

Fun on Friday: Move the Gold; Build a Bar

So, budgets are tight everywhere, right? Even at the Bank of England. Well, that’s not altogether true. It would be more accurate to say the central bank wastes a lot of money. Some government functionary got wind of it and now there’s a scramble to tighten things up over at the BoE. Said government functionary […]

The Government’s Closed! But Is It? SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 01.25.19

The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Peter Schiff: A Lot More People Should Be Looking at Gold (Video)

Peter Schiff recently sat down with Daniela Cambone on Kitco News and talked about gold, the phony government shutdown, and his track record on economic forecasting.

China Officially Adds to Gold Reserves as It Shifts Away from the US Dollar

China officially added gold to its reserves last month for the first time in two years. Meanwhile, the Chinese have been shrinking their holdings of US Treasuries. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, the moves are intended to reduce dependence on the US dollar. According to data released by the People’s Bank of China, the […]

Existing Home Sales Plunge; Biggest Year-on-Year Drop Since 2011

Here’s another sign that the air is coming out of housing bubble 2.0. Existing home sales fell 10.3% year-on-year in December. Sales, including single-family houses, townhouses, condos, and co-ops, dropped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.99 million homes, according to the National Association of Realtors. This ranks as the biggest year-over-year drop since May […]

A Look Back: How the Greenspan Fed Helped Blow Up the Dot-Com Bubble

We often talk about the fatal conceit and hubris of central bankers who think they can micromanage a complex economy. Oftentimes, these monetary policymakers do things with the best of intentions, believing their actions will move the economy in the right direction. Sometimes, they do things just to benefit their buddies. Regardless of their motives, […]