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May 27, 2026 Original Analysis

Historic Red Retirement Rates

Before the upcoming midterm elections, a record number of incumbent House Republicans are set to retire. Historical data suggests that this is going to make it extremely difficult for Republicans to hold onto the House. When a large number of incumbents retire or do not seek office, it is very difficult to gain lost ground […]

May 26, 2026 Friday Gold Wrap

Consumer Sentiment Just Hit an All-Time Low. Trump Calls it Best Economy Ever

Trump says best economy in 250 years. Consumer sentiment just hit an all-time low. Saylor just went underwater on $64B. Pick a story. Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Fed Chair today while the Dow hit a record 50,700 — and Peter Schiff fact-checked virtually every claim Donald Trump made at the ceremony in real […]

December 25, 2025 Original Analysis

How the Founder’s Immigration Vision is Misunderstood

An article meant to disparage Trump‘s first term from a few years ago put forward an idea of the founding father’s vision that was so historically incomplete that it became clear a counterarticle was needed. They write that “Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson viewed the United States as a place for refugees.” This statement […]

December 23, 2025 Interviews

Schiff w/ Diesen: Trump Isn’t Fixing Inflation

Glenn Diesen recently interviewed Peter to discuss the latest political happenings and President Trump’s public criticism of Peter on Truth Social. Peter lays out why Trumponomics, as practiced today, looks a lot like the very policies that caused trouble under the prior administration: big deficits, easy money, and a reliance on the Fed to inflate […]

December 19, 2025 Interviews

Schiff on Commodity Culture: Silver and Gold Are Poised to Soar

Peter joined the Commodity Culture podcast on Friday to walk through recent moves in precious metals and explain why he thinks inflationary pressure is returning to the market. He ties silver and gold action to what he calls a de facto return to quantitative easing, warns that politicized central banking will make matters worse, and […]

November 26, 2025 Interviews

Schiff on Reinvent Money: Bitcoin Crash May Hurt Trump

Peter recently joined the Reinvent Money Youtube channel to lay out a clear contrast: real assets backed by history versus speculative claims backed mainly by collective faith. He walks through his outlook for gold and the miners, explains why he challenged MicroStrategy’s CEO to a debate, and pushes back on crypto maximalism with tokenized gold. […]

November 22, 2025 Friday Gold Wrap

Wall Street’s Favorite Trades Are Falling Apart While Gold Refuses to Break

Peter Schiff says this week marks a major unraveling of risk assets. After Nvidia’s earnings spark a brief bump, tech, AI, and especially crypto collapse. Bitcoin plunges and crypto-linked stocks get wiped out, showing the bubble is deflating fast unless Trump bizarrely bails it out. Gold and silver stay firmly above key levels ($4,000 and […]

November 11, 2025 Peter's Podcast

Peter Schiff: The Economy is Ice Cold

Peter opens this episode by walking listeners through what he sees as two diverging monetary stories: gold’s quiet march higher after a period of consolidation, and Bitcoin’s fragile plumbing that could amplify losses when the market turns. He frames these trends as a test of sound money versus speculative credit structures, and he ties the […]

November 7, 2025 Interviews

Schiff on Legitimate Targets: Trump’s Policies Will Trigger Inflation

In a recent appearance on Legitimate Targets, Peter lays out a bleak scenario for the U.S. economy if current trade and fiscal policies continue. He ties rising consumer prices, falling asset values, and geopolitical shifts in global reserves to the political choices being made, and he warns that voters are not getting the honest accounting […]

October 4, 2025 Guest Commentaries

Why the Establishment’s Fear of Trump’s Fed Moves Is About Optics, Not Economics

President Trump’s highly publicized feud with Fed Governor Lisa Cook has recently frightened establishment finance types. With all the pearl-clutching surrounding the Fed’s independence, it’s easy to forget that everything the Fed already does is politically motivated. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those […]

September 16, 2025 Original Analysis

Why Has the Upcoming Fed Meeting Not Bumped Gold More?

The odds are set at 94% that the federal reserve will cut rates following the September 17th meeting. Trump has pressured Powell for this for months, and if the Wednesday meeting confirms these rate cuts, it will be a historic step for the Fed. Never before has Executive Branch’s control of money been seen so […]