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Peter Schiff: The Bubble Keeps Getting Bigger (Video)

Peter Schiff recently appeared on The Street with Scott Gamm to talk about the stock market. Peter’s analysis was simple and succinct. Well, the bubble keeps getting bigger.”

Good News Behind Gloomy Gold Headlines: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 11.10.17

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.

Fun on Friday: The Woman with Gold Hands

For this installment of Fun on Friday, I was planning on telling you all about a $9,000 ball of yarn. But this morning, I found something even better.

Technology Sector Has a Growing Appetite for Gold; Demand Up 3%

The amount of gold used in the technology sector grew for the fourth consecutive quarter, according to the latest demand report by the World Gold Council. Tech industries consumed 67.3 tons of gold in Q3, a 3% increase year-on-year. Demand for memory chips served as a primary driver for increased industrial gold consumption.

New Boss Same as the Old Boss: Powell Is Closer to Schumer than Trump

Jerome Powell will take the reins of the Federal Reserve next year. After all the speculation about big changes at the Fed with Trump in the White House, it appears the new boss is pretty much the same as the old boss. So much for draining the swamp. Powell is a swamp creature. As Peter […]

Looking Beyond the Headlines: Demand for Physical Gold Is Healthy

If you’ve perused the mainstream headlines today, you’ve probably read that overall gold demand fell to an 8-year low last quarter. This was primarily due to a steep drop in inflows into gold ETFs compared to last year, and sagging jewelry demand in India after the implementation of a new tax scheme. But despite the […]

Deficits Could Undercut Benefit of Tax Cuts

During a recent interview with Investing News Network, Peter Schiff reiterated something he’s been saying for the last several months. The stock market is still a big, fat, ugly bubble, and misplaced optimism continues to blow it up. [Pres Trump has] accomplished blowing more air into a stock market bubble that already existed before he […]

US Consumer Debt Continues to Balloon

Last summer, US Global Investors CEO Frank Holmes called debt “the mother of all bubbles.” That bubble continues to blow up. US consumer debt increased even more than expected in September. According to data released by the Federal Reserve, total credit rose by $20.8 billion, an annualized rate of 6.6%. Analysts had expected an increase in […]

Ron Paul: Republican Tax Plan Increases the Most Insidious Tax

Ron Paul has identified an increase in what he calls the “most insidious tax” buried in the GOP tax reform bill. A lot of Americans have put a lot of hope in tax reform. As Peter Schiff said in a recent Fox Business interview, the prospect of economic growth spurred by tax reform and other […]

Turkey on a Gold Buying Spree

Turkey is buying gold. The question is: why? According to a Bloomberg report, the Turkish central bank added 3.8 million ounces of gold worth almost $5 billion to its reserves this year.