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The CEO of Degussa Golchandel, the largest precious metals bullion dealer in Europe, explained why he disagrees with the mainstream market sentiment concerning the price of gold. Rather than dropping to $1,000 an ounce, Wolfgang Wrzesniok-Rossbach expects a $1,500 price point in the near future. He has three core reasons for this analysis: speculative investors […]
Mainstream economists continue to defend and even praise Ben Bernanke’s response to the 2008 financial crisis. But as it becomes more and more obvious that the United States economy never fundamentally recovered from the Great Recession, savvier analysts are speaking up. On Bloomberg TV, David Stockman lambasted Bernanke for flooding the markets with zero-cost money, […]
Doug Casey spoke with Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog. Just like Jim Rickards, Jim Grant, and Dr. Ron Paul, Casey believes we’re in the middle of a cataclysmic era of central bank intervention that will result in an unprecedented monetary collapse. In fact, Casey doesn’t think the United States ever got clear of the economic hurricane […]
Jim Rickards agrees with Peter Schiff – the United States is already in a recession. However, the Federal Reserve and Wall Street economists won’t realize this until long after the fact, because the models they use to forecast are deeply flawed. Rickards predicts that the Fed will begin another round of monetary easing in March […]
In a speech delivered at Liberty Fest Houston, Tom Woods explores the concept of money and how it has been corrupted by modern governments. This is a great introduction to economics to share with your friends. Woods covers the history of money, the historical reality of deflation versus inflation, and how the boom/bust business cycle […]
When asked by Bloomberg why he buys gold, Jim Grant explained that he is investing in monetary disorder. This disorder is already in motion, caused by central bankers who don’t understand that interest rates are actually a price. Manipulating interest rates is a type of artificial price control, which Grant warns always ends in disaster. […]
Last week, Donald Trump told Fox Business that he no longer buys gold. Dr. Ron Paul later rebutted Mr. Trump’s position, explaining the logic for long-term investment in the yellow metal. Much like Peter Schiff, Dr. Paul has been a consistent advocate for sound money and an opponent of the Federal Reserve. Watch and read […]
Nowadays, the mainstream assumption is that everyone is better off getting a college degree, no matter what. The economics of this logic are actually far more complicated. In a detailed video analyzing the cost of higher education, Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio reviews some important studies debunking this new American myth. Molyneux has interviewed Peter […]
Axel Merk spoke with Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog about his reasons for buying gold. For Merk, it comes down to two things. First, the Federal Reserve and other central banks have trapped themselves – real interest rates need to remain near zero or negative. Second, basic valuations are way overextended – US stocks and the dollar are […]
Rick Santelli and Charlies Biderman, CEO of TrimTabs Investment Research, discussed the slowing economic engine of the United States. The root of the problem? As Santelli put it: “We used to lead the rest of the world, thinking free markets do it. Now, all of a sudden, we’ve joined the rest of the world thinking […]
