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It’s a Bear Market! (Officially)

The 11-year bull run is over. After a rebound on Tuesday based on hopes of government fiscal stimulus, US stock markets plunged again Wednesday and officially moved into bear territory.

Peter Schiff Finally Getting Some Love from the Mainstream Press

With the madness in the markets over the last couple of weeks that led the Federal Reserve to implement a 50-basis point interest rate cut, Peter Schiff is starting to get some love in the mainstream media. Peter was a regular on MSNBC, Fox News and other mainstream outlets in the months leading up to […]

Gold and Silver Demand Have Surged in the Decade Since the 2008 Financial Crisis

The conventional wisdom is that demand for gold and silver has been somewhat tepid over the last couple of years. In fact, global gold demand grew by about 4% in 2018 and was in line with the five-year average. Much of that growth was due to a surged in demand through the fourth quarter as […]

The Economy’s Rotten Foundation: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 09.21.18

The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Debt Is a Powder Keg and Rising Interest Rates Are Matches

If you look at past financial and economic crises, what is the common denominator? Debt. That’s why we talk so much about debt on these pages. 

Jim Rickards: The Slow-Motion Meltdown

Sept. 15 marked the 10-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. Many investors undoubtedly remember that day clearly. But as Jim Rickards pointed out in a recent article at the Daily Reckoning, that day was actually the culmination of a long meltdown. Investors should have seen it coming. In fact, they could have seen it coming […]

The Rotten Underbelly of Today’s “Booming” Economy

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald On the one hand, things in the economy look pretty good. The mainstream pundits sure seem to think so. They fill the financial […]

Peter Schiff: A Category Five Economic Hurricane Is on the Horizon

Saturday, Sept. 15, was the 10th anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. Many people consider it the seminal event of the 2008 financial crisis. In his latest podcast, Peter Schiff said as we look back at the anniversary, we should realize that the next crisis is going to be worse. In fact, the next economic […]

Is It 2008 2.0? SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 09.07.18

The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Is Playing with Fire

Jerome Powell is like a kid playing with matches and he’s dangerously close to starting a fire he isn’t going to be able to control. The Federal Reserve nudged interest rates up again last week. It was the seventh hike since the Fed launched the current tightening cycle in December 2015. The Fed Funds Rate […]