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This article was written by Dickson Buchanan Jr., SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. Whether intuitively or analytically, we all know that the dollar is not such a great form of money. That’s putting it lightly though. The dollar is […]

The head of a major silver mining company says he thinks we will see triple-digit silver prices in the near future. Keith Neumeyer serves as CEO of First Majestic Silver Corp. The company ranks as the second largest silver producer in Mexico – the world’s leading country in silver production. Neumeyer told Bloomberg a major […]

Will the Federal Reserve raise rates in June? Peter Schiff says it’s immaterial. Peter appeared on CNBC’s Fast Money and created a firestorm when he said he sees this as a repeat of what happened at the end of last year and suggested everybody knows the Fed is at the end of its tightening cycle. […]

Good morning Puerto Rico. Default is coming. Legislation moving in Congress would set up an oversight board to guide the US territory through what essentially amounts to bankruptcy. It would not expend federal funds to bail out Puerto Rico, but would allow the island’s government to pay back debtors at less than 100%. This is […]

Although it seems to be almost a foregone conclusion in most circles at this point, not every analyst believes the Federal Reserve will hike rates in June, or if they do that it means a long-term upward trajectory. Jim Rickards recently appeared on RT’s Boom Bust and said he thought a rate hike was unlikely, […]

Fed watching has become an obsession. Every day, talking heads parse and dissect the words of central bankers, trying to read the tea leaves and figure out if the Federal Reserve will or will not raise rates next month. But a well-known mainstream market analyst says Fed-obsessed pundits miss the bigger picture. It’s not all […]

Last week we reported that central banks were jettisoning US debt and buying gold. Figures released by the IMF this week indicate central bank gold hoarding has not abated. Russia and China both extended their prolonged buying spree in April. Russia added 16.2 tons to its reserves. China increased its holdings by 10.9 tons. Another […]

A June interest rate hike is the talk of the town. Jim Rickards doesn’t think it will happen, but if it does, he says, “Look out below.” Rickards appeared on RT’s Boom Bust to explain why. First, he makes the case that we shouldn’t listen to every word that comes out of every Fed regional […]

We’ve said before that the growing level of debt in the US is the elephant in the room we are going to have to address at some point. We’ve talked about the massive government debt and the drag it puts on the US economy. We’ve talked about the crushing weight of student loan debt – […]

All of the talk lately is about a Federal Reserve rate hike in June. In fact, in many circles, it has become a forgone conclusion. On Monday, Philadelphia Fed Bank president Patrick Harker said he could see up to three hikes before year’s end. But Steen Jakobsen, chief economist and CIO of Saxo Bank, says […]