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All Global Prices Are Artificial Thanks to Central Banks (Video)

Jim Grant appeared on CNBC this morning with an explanation of the underlying reason why United States stocks just plummeted. His core message is that capitalism requires both success and failure. When central bank monetary policy corrupts pricing as thoroughly as it currently has, it ruins the market’s ability to withstand healthy business failures. Grant […]

Gold’s Bottom May Already Be In (Audio)

Chris Waltzek interviewed Peter Schiff on GoldSeek Radio a couple weeks ago and released the interview this past weekend. In the interview, Peter predicted the Dow Jones Industrial Average could be down 10% from its high before September. This morning, the Dow is down almost 10% on the year – more than 12% from its […]

Greenspan: Higher Interest Rates Are Inbred in Human Nature (Video)

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan appeared on Fox Business this week with two strong messages for investors: 1. The United States economy is “extraordinarily sluggish,” and part of this problem is the massive amount of government entitlements. He pointed out that entitlements have grown nearly 10% a year for the past 50 years, no […]

Great Reason to Own Precious Metals, Even If You’re Not a Gold Bug

This article was submitted by Addison Quale, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. Most people who buy physical gold and silver these days tend to be those who are worried about our financial system. They see unbacked, untrustworthy fiat […]

FOMC Minutes Confirm Peter Schiff’s Forecast: No Rate Hike in September (Audio)

After the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting yesterday, the markets finally started to wake up to the fact that Janet Yellen’s Federal Reserve has no clue when or how it will raise rates. Analysts are starting to realize what Peter has said before – how will the Fed deal with the next recession if rates are […]

Puerto Rico Is the Only Place in World where Americans Can Be Free (Video)

CCTV America interviewed Peter Schiff last week about the benefits of moving your business to Puerto Rico. Earlier this year, Peter discussed how moving to Puerto Rico is the next best thing to renouncing your United States citizenship without having to pay exit taxes to the federal government. In this interview, he also points out […]

Irwin Schiff: Political Prisoner Seeking Compassionate Release (Video)

Peter Schiff appeared on Alex Jones’ InfoWars last week to share some sad news. Peter’s father, Irwin Schiff, has just been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. With a couple more years left in his prison sentence, this effectively means Irwin Schiff will serve a life sentence for his political beliefs. Peter and Alex discussed the […]

Don’t Trade Gold – Hold It as an Insurance Policy (Video)

Marc Faber explained his gold investment philosophy to CNBC. Like Peter Schiff, Faber is a contrarian who doesn’t buy into the consensus view that the United States dollar is going to remain a strong currency. While the price of gold in Chinese yuan has risen steeply recently, Faber still believes it is a great time […]

The Future of Money: Fool Me Once, Shame on You. Fool Me Twice…

This article was submitted by Addison Quale, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. I recently attended the Freedom Fest Conference in Las Vegas this past month. During a panel discussion that included a number of Austrian School economists, it […]

The Shot Not Heard Around the World

This article is written by Peter Schiff and originally published by Euro Pacific Capital. Find it here. Peter discusses the real lessons to be learned from China’s yuan devaluation of last week, which garnered so much mainstream attention. Peter brought up some of these points in a CNBC interview last week. China’s recent move to […]