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January 14, 2019Original Analysis

Peter Schiff: Gold Is Going to Shine in 2019 (Video)

Peter Schiff has said it’s not that we have a “volatile” economy right now. We have a bubble economy, and we are at the beginning of a much bigger crisis than we went through in 2008. Peter continued with this theme on a recent appearance on Kitco News with Daniela Cambone noting that things are setting […]

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March 29, 2018Original Analysis

Gold Price Action Observations and a Look Ahead

This article was written by Joel Bauman, SchiffGold Senior Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold.  The article focuses on the gold market through the lens of technical analysis. Technical analysis is a subjective form of study based on historical price patterns. The […]

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March 7, 2018Original Analysis

Gold Is the Best Standard of Value

This article was written by Joel Bauman, SchiffGold Senior Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. The current debt-based fiat monetary system creates an illusion of wealth expansion. For example look at this 100-year price chart of the Dow Jones Industrial […]

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November 2, 2017Original Analysis

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 […]

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October 4, 2017Original Analysis

Digital Fools Gold – Bitcoin’s Sustainability in Question

Recently, Jamie Diamond of Citibank made headlines by labeling Bitcoin a fraud. Whether those comments played any part in Bitcoin’s recent sell off is hard to say, but the true believers reacted with predictable outrage given that the comments came from the ultimate Wall Street insider whose financial supremacy is supposedly threatened by crypto currencies […]

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October 2, 2017Original Analysis

Trump’s China-Sanctions Madness Imperils the Dollar

Earlier this month, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin threatened China, saying the US would “put additional sanctions on them and prevent them from accessing the US and international dollar system” if they don’t go along with the most recent round of sanctions slapped on North Korea. We argued that the threat may be meaningful, but it also might […]

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May 2, 2017Original Analysis

What is an Economic Bubble?

Economic bubbles are an important concept for any investor to grasp because they result in drastic price corrections of a commodity, security, bond, etc. Recent examples include the Dot-Com bubble of the 1990’s or the Housing Bubble of 2008, which kicked off the Great Recession. But what are economic bubbles and why do they form […]

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April 29, 2017Original Analysis

Trump’s First 100 Days: A Gold Price Retrospective

With Trump’s first 100 days in office coming tomorrow, the mainstream media is abuzz with proclamations of failure. In terms of real numbers, the first 100 days of any president represents around 7% of their overall term. Some are questioning whether it’s fair to judge a new president from such a small sample. Trump himself […]

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April 19, 2017Original Analysis

Fiction or Reality: Can Lead be Turned into Gold?

This article was submitted by Joel Bauman, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. A few months ago I spoke with a woman who challenged my profession in precious metals. “Don’t you know gold can be created from lead?” she […]

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