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Central Bank Bubbles & Gold’s Fundamentals (Video)

In a long interview with Gordon T. Long, Managing Director of the Lindsey Group Peter Boockvar warns that the Federal Reserve has been creating artificial bubbles for years. In fact, we’re now facing the third bubble in 15 years. The mainstream news claims we’re not in a bubble because “things are different this time.” But […]

Stockman: US Is Facing Another Recession (Video)

With typical incisiveness, David Stockman laid out for Bloomberg the precariousness of the US economy. The former White House Budget Director called out the Republicans for their failure to do anything about the runaway budget deficit. He expects the government to do what it always does: blink in the eleventh hour when faced with a […]

Sound & Unsound Money: Gold vs. Dollars (Video)

Dr. Joseph Salerno, Academic Vice President at the Mises Institute, spoke with Power Trading Radio about the declining value of fiat currencies and the Federal Reserve’s incentive to depreciate the dollar. The interview is long, but Salerno’s comments are a good primer on how precious metals became — and remain — sound money. He also […]

Worst Economic Data Since 2008 Crisis (Audio)

The Bloomberg ECO US Surprise Index is at its lowest since 2009, which means that forecasts for economic data haven’t been more wrong for six years. Bloomberg asks, “Is this a sign of unanticipated weakness in the economy?” At first, it seems like the mainstream media is actually waking up to the fact that the […]

Government & Economy Are American’s Biggest Problems

For the fourth month in a row, Gallup found that Americans named the government as the biggest problem in the United States. Jobs and the economy tied for the second-most worrisome problems. Together, these three issues are the top concerns for almost 40% of Americans. Though issues such as terrorism, healthcare, race relations and immigration […]

History Is on the Side of Gold, Not Stocks

In a short article for Casey Research, Jeff Clark observes that the gold price has declined for eight consecutive days for the first time since 2009. However, investors shouldn’t worry too much. As the chart below shows, gold prices often cycle through a low point in March before picking up again. Since 1975, March has […]

Jim Rogers: Invest in Freedom and Hard Assets (Audio)

Famed author and contrarian investor Jim Rogers spoke with Kerry Lutz of Financial Survival Network about the absurdity of central banks being run by clueless academics. He says that most of the world is under an illusion of prosperity and that our reliance on credit will have devastating consequences. Rogers also echoes Peter Schiff’s message […]

Stocks Down as Yellen Paints Herself into a Corner (Audio)

In his latest podcast, Peter Schiff explains why the Dow Jones and S&P 500 are now negative on the year. The markets are eating up Janet Yellen’s talk of raising rates, but she’s painting herself into a corner with her hypocrisy. Peter also argues that the Obama administration’s plan to let student loans be discharged […]

Rickards: When the Fed Blinks, Gold Will Rally (Video)

Alix Steel of Bloomberg spoke with Jim Rickards, author of Currency Wars, about the Federal Reserve’s conundrum over raising rates. Rickards says that despite what the Fed says now, it’s not going to raise rates in June. Meanwhile, gold has shown strength even in the face of supposed deflation. Rickards is confident that the yellow […]

Mises President: Another Crash Is Coming (Audio)

Jay Taylor of Taylor’s Hard Money Advisers interviewed Mises Institute President Jeff Deist about gold as safe money and the importance of unrigged markets. He warns that soon we are going to be faced with another crash as global debt levels rise. Just like Peter Schiff, Deist believes that when the rest of the world […]