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Gold Is Money, Not a Commodity; If You Want Money, Have Some Gold (Video)

Jim Rickards defended holding 10% of your portfolio in gold on Fox Business this week. Dagen McDowell aggressively challenged his argument that gold is the equivalent of an insurance policy for your wealth, but Rickards pointed to thousands of years of history supporting his investment strategy. Rickards also stuck with his forecast for the gold […]

Foreign Central Banks Yanking Gold Out Of Fed’s Vaults

Foreign central banks want their gold back and they are pulling it out of Federal Reserve bank vaults. According to a recent Federal Reserve report on its foreign official assets, physical gold holdings fell 9.6 tons last month to 5,950 tons. Total foreign physical gold held by the Fed now sits at just over $8 […]

Peter Schiff Defends His Forecasts and Rails Against College Propaganda (Audio)

In his latest podcast, Tom Woods talks with Peter Schiff about Peter’s track record of forecasting, past and present. Peter defends the performance of his investment strategy, explaining why he thinks mainstream naysayers will soon be proven wrong. After that, Peter and Tom discuss the terrible and absurd condition of college education and the looming […]

Newly Released White Paper: The Student Loan Bubble

This article accompanies SchiffGold’s newly released white paper, The Student Loan Bubble: Gambling with America’s Future. To learn more about the shocking student debt bubble, click here for a free download. “You need a college degree to succeed in America.” This idea has become so commonplace that the right to higher education is now a […]

Gold Will Take Off as Fed Loses Credibility (Video)

Peter Schiff shared his perspective on the gold market with Kitco News yesterday. Other guests on Kitco have insisted that the Federal Reserve has no choice but to raise interest rates in September, or else the Fed won’t be able to deal with a looming recession. Peter counters this by pointing out how a small […]

Frightening Data Points to Potential Market Panic & Fed Inaction

Yesterday, the Arms Index (TRIN) spiked dramatically to levels not seen since 2011 and nearly twice as high as last week’s “Black Monday.” The Arms Index is a way of measuring how balanced the stock market is, with higher values suggesting the market might head in a bearish direction sooner than later. As ZeroHedge describes […]

Pulling Back the Curtain on Fed’s Rate Hike Circus (Audio)

In his podcast released yesterday, Peter Schiff reviews the latest economic data and the ridiculous September rate hike talk from the Federal Reserve. He also talks about his visit to Jackson Hole this past weekend, and the so-called “protest” that the Fed allowed to run parallel to its official event. I think Fed Up was […]

This Month in Gold – August 2015

South Korea, China Buying Up Gold Reuters, Bloomberg – South Korea and China both reported an increase in gold purchases last month. Based on first-half sales through the country’s largest gold merchant, South Koreans are on pace to purchase $860 million in bullion – a yearly record. Analysts estimate South Koreans hold around 800 metric […]

American Pipe Dreams: Dissecting Mainstream Misinformation (Video)

Stefan Molyneux hosted Peter Schiff on Freedomain Radio last week. They discussed at length the decline in the United States equity markets and the effects of Federal Reserve monetary policy. They also had a broader conversation about the fundamental economy of the US, as well as Peter’s track record of economic predictions. In the second […]

The World Is Preparing for a Post-US Dollar Economy (Audio)

Peter Schiff spoke with the Shadow of Truth podcast last week. They had a friendly conversation about the Chinese yuan, the downfall of the US dollar, and the condition of Peter’s imprisoned father, Irwin. They also discussed the track records of the Federal Reserve Chairmen and how the price of gold can be used as […]