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Peter Schiff: Fed Capitulation Is Just the First Piece of the Puzzle

Stocks got a boost on Friday and gold rose 1.8% on further signs that the Federal Reserve is capitulating. An article in the Wall Street Journal basically confirmed the Fed is now thinking about winding down its quantitative tightening program. As a CNBC headline put it, “The Fed may be moving closer to ending its […]

To All You Scoffers: Friday Gold Wrap 01.18.19

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.

Peter Schiff: The Eye of the Financial Hurricane

Stock markets appear to have stabilized after a “December to remember.” But in his most recent podcast, Peter Schiff said we’re really just in the eye of a financial hurricane. The selloff began after the September Fed rate hike. At the time, Peter called it the hike that broke the camel’s back. The market plunged in […]

Global Debt at Record Levels

What happens when central banks push interest rates to zero – in some cases below zero – and hold them there for nearly a decade? You get debt. Lots and lots of debt. Record levels of debt, in fact.

Peter Schiff: The Economy Needs a Painful Restructuring Thanks to the Fed

Stock markets have been extremely volatile this week, with massive swings in both directions. The markets rallied on Wednesday, primarily due to optimism about progress in the trade war. On the week, the Dow is up around 100 points, but it also put in new lows. In his most recent podcast, Peter Schiff said he […]

Janet “There Won’t Be Another Financial Crisis in Our Lifetime” Yellen Worried About Another Crisis

Remember back when Janet Yellen was heading up the Federal Reserve and she claimed there won’t be another financial crisis “in our lifetime?” You don’t have to think back too far. It was just about 18 months ago. Tuesday, June 27, 2017, to be precise. But now that Yellen has vacated the Eccles building and taken […]

Peter Schiff: Jobs Are Another Bubble About to Burst

October jobs numbers came out on Friday and everybody was all giddy about healthy growth. But in his most recent podcast, Peter Schiff said jobs are just another bubble about to burst.

Gold and Silver Behaving A Lot Like They Did in 2008

The prices of gold and silver are behaving very much like they did in 2008. You remember what was happening in 2008, right? After the dot.com bubble burst, the Federal Reserve swooped in and dropped interest rates to an artificially low level. In the mid-2000s, the economy boomed and the housing bubble inflated driven by the sudden […]

Government Counterfeiting Squeezes Families, Not Capitalism

It’s all capitalisms fault! What is? Well, everything. At least that’s the narrative you get from the political left, and quite frankly, not infrequently from the political right.

The $64,000 Question: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 08.24.18

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.