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In Sunday’s podcast, Peter dives into the historic developments in the precious metals market last week—including gold surpassing an unprecedented $3,000 per ounce. He also examines the implications of recent actions by global central banks, critiques the crypto investment mindset, and argues that the unfolding NASDAQ bear market signals bad news for Bitcoin.

Major stock indexes stumbled on Monday following remarks from former President Donald Trump that suggested the U.S. economy might be in for a transition period. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 890 points, a 2.1% decline, while the S&P 500 fell 2.7% and the Nasdaq Composite slid 4%. Government bond yields ticked lower, with the […]

Global investors staged a broad selloff in technology stocks on Monday, wiping out a staggering $593 billion in market value from chipmaker Nvidia—an unprecedented one-day loss for any firm on Wall Street. The downward spiral took hold after Chinese startup DeepSeek announced a low-cost AI assistant that rapidly soared to the top of Apple’s App […]

We’ve talked about the recent selloff in gold. On the other side of the coin, the NASDAQ has made a string of 52-week highs. What is driving these market dynamics? The Fed. The markets generally believe that the Federal Reserve is finished hiking interest rates, or at least close enough to being done that a […]

GDP contracted in Q1. The stock market has been tanking. The inflationary fire continues to burn. As Peter Schiff explained in his podcast, this all signals a recession. And yet the Federal Reserve is on track to raise interest rates. How is this going to work?

During his podcast earlier this week, Peter Schiff said “the party is over” in the stock market. As if on cue, the Dow Jones is off to the worst start in a quarter since the 2008 financial crisis. The Dow plunged 494.4 points on Wednesday, a 1.86% decline. Combined with Tuesday’s 343.7 point drop, the […]

The Nasdaq officially dipped into bear territory on Thursday. The tech-heavy index rallied off its interday lows to close just a rounding error away from official bear status — for now. The Nasdaq has lost nearly 20% of its value in just four months. Reuters called it “the latest sign that the bull market that […]

Wednesday was another ugly day on Wall Street. Stocks tanked, wiping out gains for the year in both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 Index. The Dow fell 608 points and the S&P 500 shed 3%. The Nasdaq plunged 329 points and lapsed into a correction territory. It was the largest daily decline on Wall […]

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.

The Nasdaq had the biggest gain last month since the year 2000. In his most recent podcast, Peter Schiff reminds us what happened right after that 2000 peak. The Nasdaq – it declined approximately 80% from peak to trough. So, the fact that we haven’t had a month this strong since 2000 should give people […]