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Peter Schiff: There Is Everything to Worry About

Last Friday, all three major stock markets hit new record highs ignoring the storm clouds on the horizon. In his latest podcast, Peter Schiff said this reminds him of 1987. The stock market is rising despite the fact that there are very, very negative factors that are building, that are hiding in plain sight, that […]

Even the Government Knows the Stock Market Is a Huge Bubble

Last month, we reported on a Bank of America survey that indicated the mainstream has started to acknowledge that the stock market is a big, fat, ugly bubble. The latest fund-manager survey by Bank of America Merrill Lynch found that a record 48% of investors say the US stock market is overvalued. Meanwhile, 16% of […]

Stock Market Bubble Floating on Currents of “Irrational Exuberance”

Last week, Peter Schiff did an interview on The Street and talked about the US stock market, saying, “Well, the bubble keeps getting bigger.” We’ve been talking about this ballooning bubble for months. After a while, it’s easy to blow us off as pessimistic contrarians who just don’t get it. But amazingly, large numbers of […]

What Do You Mean “No Inflation?”

When the Fed launched its aggressive monetary policy in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, many free-market economists predicted it would result in massive price inflation. That never materialized. As a result, Keynesian economists like Paul Krugman love to finger-point and mock those who criticize easy money policies designed to “stimulate aggregate demand.” They […]

On a Knife’s Edge: 3 Reasons the Next Crash Could Be Worse than Black Monday

Thirty years ago today, the US stock market had its worst single day in history. On Oct. 19, 1987, now known simply as “Black Monday,” the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 508 points. That represented 22.6% of its value. Over the last couple of year, stocks have enjoyed a meteoric rise. The Dow closed above 23,000 […]