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Don’t Let a Little Debt Get in the Way of Learning (Video)

When Alexis meets Scott Govinsky (“Everybody calls me Gov”), she’s ready to drop out of college and pursue a small business that has been making her money. Gov convinces Alexis to not only stay in school by taking out a loan, but to go into even more debt than necessary by traveling abroad in Italy. […]

Markets Are Prepared for Wrong Outcome in US Economy (Video)

A couple weeks ago, Peter Schiff joined Fox Business on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to discuss the possibility of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates. He shared his candid opinion that investors should avoid US stocks and look to foreign markets and gold. Remember, when the year started you had two […]

US Can’t Survive Quantitative Tightening (Video)

In his latest Schiff Report, Peter Schiff tears into the latest non-farm payroll jobs report, which everyone claimed could be the deciding factor for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. Peter also discusses the new phenomenon of quantitative tightening, which is the process of foreign central banks selling the US Treasuries they’ve accumulated. [These […]

World’s Top Gold Consumers Keep on Buying

The world’s two leading consumers of gold continue to demand more. Gold imports spiked in India in August, building on a year-long trend, as gold also continued to flow into China. According to the Times of India, 15.78 metric tons of gold were imported into India last month. That compares to 7.2 tons of gold […]

Stock Volatility Is a Precursor to Recession (Video)

Early last week, Newsmax TV interviewed Peter Schiff and Steve Beaman, Chairman of The Society to Advance Financial Education. The had a friendly conversation about the factors that triggered the dramatic fall in Chinese and US stocks. Surprisingly enough, Beaman agreed with much of what Peter said about the Federal Reserve, though he still maintained […]

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 […]