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Are Government Bonds Really ‘Safe’?

Are Government Bonds Really ‘Safe’? By Dickson Buchanan Jr., Director of International Development One of the striking ironies of our modern economy is that government bonds are considered safe-haven investments, while gold is a “barbarous relic” to be avoided at all costs. Since the 2008 financial collapse, the bond market has been on a tear, […]

Eastern Gold Reserves Are Growing and Growing…

Listening to the financial media, you might be convinced that the precious metals – gold in particular – are simply not considered reliable investments anymore. This is a viewpoint peculiar to the West, as Peter Schiff has repeatedly emphasized. However, every now and then, the mainstream media shares some news reminding us that while Americans […]

The Fed Is Destroying the Economy and Nobody Cares (Video)

Peter Schiff was interviewed by Paul Vigna on Wall Street Journal Video yesterday. Peter explained to Vigna the terrible effects that the Federal Reserve’s zero interest-rate policy is having on the United States economy. They spoke about how tepid the American job market is right now, and why Peter thinks a new round of quantitative […]

Gold Videocast: Peter Schiff Answers Your FAQs (Video)

Peter Schiff answers some of the more challenging questions he has received from you, his loyal subscribers. Learn what he really thinks about gold manipulation, why Wall Street hates gold, who should buy silver instead of gold, and more!

Currency War Games

In the 80s, America confronted two great risks – an evil empire and an out-of-control US dollar. Unfortunately, though we beat the communists, we seem to be losing the battle for sound money. For its latest comic, Lampoon the System reprises War Games, the classic 1983 blockbuster starring Matthew Broderick. The esteemed Jim Rickards plays the role of […]

Is the World at ‘Peak Gold’?

This week, Chuck Jeannes announced that either this year or next, miners will have reached “peak gold.” Peak gold means that the amount of gold being pulled out of the earth will begin to shrink every year, rather than increase, which has been the case since the 1970s. Jeannes is the chief executive of the world’s largest gold […]

The Amazing World of Silver Technology

The Silver Institute’s August edition of Silver News is now available. This issue explains the fundamentals behind the surging growth in demand for industrial silver, which is expected to exceed global GDP growth through 2016. The constantly evolving industry for silver technology is largely to thank for this increasing demand. August’s Silver News highlights some of the […]

‘Shrinkflation’: The Prelude to True Inflation

The financial media regularly plays down reports of consumer price inflation that are much higher than the official numbers. Even worse, analysts generally argue that more inflation is needed for the health of the US economy. Pippa Malmgren, author of a new book, Signals: The Breakdown of the Social Contract and the Rise of Geopolitics, […]

American Workers: The Economy Is Terrible

The John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University released its latest Work Trends report. The national survey found that Americans are extremely pessimistic about the state of the US economy in spite of the financial media’s claims that a strong economic recovery is underway. The report is titled “Unhappy, Worried and Pessimistic: Americans in […]

Jim Grant: The Word for Inflation is ‘Bull Market’ (Video)

Jim Grant, publisher of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, was interviewed by Steve Forbes. Jim gives a grim overview of the economy, saying that the Fed’s suppression of interest rates and the creation of “unimaginable amounts of digital money” since 2007 have caused major distortions. Economic intervention leads to more economic intervention and “the patient is over-medicated.” Jim says […]