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This article accompanies SchiffGold’s newly released white paper, The Student Loan Bubble: Gambling with America’s Future. To learn more about the shocking student debt bubble, click here for a free download. “You need a college degree to succeed in America.” This idea has become so commonplace that the right to higher education is now a […]

Yesterday, the Arms Index (TRIN) spiked dramatically to levels not seen since 2011 and nearly twice as high as last week’s “Black Monday.” The Arms Index is a way of measuring how balanced the stock market is, with higher values suggesting the market might head in a bearish direction sooner than later. As ZeroHedge describes […]

In his podcast released yesterday, Peter Schiff reviews the latest economic data and the ridiculous September rate hike talk from the Federal Reserve. He also talks about his visit to Jackson Hole this past weekend, and the so-called “protest” that the Fed allowed to run parallel to its official event. I think Fed Up was […]

In mid-July, Scott Nations of CNBC as much as laughed in Peter Schiff’s face when Peter predicted the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates a very small amount before launching a fourth round of quantitative easing in 2016. Nations said: It seems that you’re a little bifurcated here. You say that you think the Fed […]

This article was submitted by Addison Quale, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. Bloomberg recently published an article about how world political leaders don’t have too much to say about the current sell off in equities – the worst […]

Peter Schiff has been in the financial media a lot this week, presenting his interpretation of US market volatility and what it means for Federal Reserve monetary policy. Watch a couple of his appearances here and here. Below is Peter’s thorough written commentary on the matter, originally published on Monday by Euro Pacific Capital. Find […]

In an attempt to stem stock market losses and stimulate a sagging economy, the Chinese central bank slashed its interest rate on Tuesday. As Bloomberg reported, it was the fifth Chinese interest rate cut since last November. The one-year lending rate will drop by 25 basis points to 4.6 percent effective Wednesday, the Beijing-based People’s […]

This article was submitted by Addison Quale, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. Most people who buy physical gold and silver these days tend to be those who are worried about our financial system. They see unbacked, untrustworthy fiat […]

After the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting yesterday, the markets finally started to wake up to the fact that Janet Yellen’s Federal Reserve has no clue when or how it will raise rates. Analysts are starting to realize what Peter has said before – how will the Fed deal with the next recession if rates are […]

This article was submitted by Addison Quale, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. I recently attended the Freedom Fest Conference in Las Vegas this past month. During a panel discussion that included a number of Austrian School economists, it […]