Peter's Blog

Peter recently joined Kitco’s Jeremy Szafron to discuss why Fed rate cuts are unlikely to deliver hoped-for relief and may instead accelerate the dollar’s decline. He ties the problem to ballooning deficits, a fragile banking system, and the history of the Federal Reserve, and he closes by pointing out why silver remains undervalued relative to […]

Will the Trump administration’s proposed tariffs on Chinese, Mexican, and Canadian imports could send shockwaves through the already vulnerable U.S. commercial real estate market? With a 10% tariff on goods from China and 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, the additional cost will be passed along to the US builder and consumer — […]

With the expectation of an interest rate cut soon, commercial real estate stocks are up. But while lower interest rates might kick the can down the road, they can’t fill empty office buildings — so they won’t end the post-COVID CRE doom loop that could trigger a banking meltdown.

In 2009, 140 banks failed, and a recent report from financial consulting firm Klaros Group says that hundreds of banks are at risk of going under this year. It’s being billed mostly as a danger for individuals and communities than for the broader economy, but for stressed lenders across America, a string of small bank failures could quite […]