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By J. Luis Martin Although the eurozone crisis did not make it into the US presidential debate on foreign policy in October, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner did remark earlier in the month: “We are very worried about the risk of collapse in Europe.” Indeed, he should be, for a collapse of the euro would not […]
By Peter Schiff If no one seems to care that the Titanic is filling with water, why not drill another hole in it? That seems to be the M.O. of the Bernanke Federal Reserve. After the announcement of QE3 (also dubbed “QE Infinity”) created yet another round of media chatter about a recovery, the Fed’s […]
By Peter Schiff A month ago, I presented the case for why Fed Chairman Bernanke would have strong motivation to launch another round of quantitative easing (QE) before the election. In short, it would save him his job. Now, I didn’t predict with certainty that he would do so – only the few men at […]
By Peter Schiff This past Friday, as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his annual address from Jackson Hole – the State of the Dollar, if you will – I couldn’t help but hear it as an incumbent’s campaign speech. While Wall Street was hoping for some concrete announcement, what we got was a mushy appraisal […]
By Peter Schiff Where is the gold price today? If you’re like many Americans, you have no idea whether it went up, down, or sideways. Fortunately, I know my readers to be more informed – you likely know that after falling from almost $1900, gold has been trapped around $1600 since early May. But you […]
I’m in Shanghai, and the “China Miracle” is in full bloom. Few variables are more important in the world of metals investment than the strength and sustainability of the extraordinary bull run the Chinese economy has enjoyed for years. So many pundits, critics, and cheerleaders keep pouring out opinions on this question that they saturate […]
By Peter Schiff In my latest book, The Real Crash: America’s Coming Bankruptcy – How to Save Yourself and Your Country, I devote a full chapter to the merits of the historical gold standard and reasons to reinstate it. What I did not mention and few investors notice is that central banks are already returning […]
By Peter Schiff Excerpted from the new economic bestseller, The Real Crash. Today, we’re accustomed to thinking of small greenish paper rectangles as the definition of money, and we think of the US government as the only source of money. To honestly discuss sound money, we need to realize where our current money customs came […]
Mark Motive’s Gold Commentary Would you walk along the edge of a cliff? Sure, you walk around every day (and you’re probably pretty good at it), but knowing that the result of a small misstep would be catastrophic, you’d probably think carefully before walking along a cliff. In fact, you’d probably stay far away from […]
Casey Research’s Gold Commentary By Doug Casey For many years now, a meme has been floating around that the prices of gold and silver are being manipulated, which is to say suppressed, by various powers of darkness. This is not an unreasonable assertion. After all, the last thing the monetary powers-that-be want is to see […]
