Peter’s Blog

By Jeff Clark from Casey Research Despite some positive data, the global economy is showing signs of slowing, a remarkable development in itself when you consider all the money printing and deficit spending that’s transpired over the past few years. According to the IMF’s overview, global growth was less than expected in the first quarter […]

On his blog Of Two Minds, Charles Hugh Smith published a scathing commentary on the supposed recovery from the 2008 recession. By examining a number of under-reported metrics, Smith paints a bleak picture of the ongoing recession that the government has tried to obscure with bogus GDP data.

Peter Schiff’s latest research report, The Powerful Case for Silver (available for download here), noted the wide gap between US Mint sales of American Silver Eagle and American Gold Eagle coins. The numbers continue to amaze. In a commentary on Wealth Wire, Steve St. Angelo goes through the numbers and explains why smart investors are […]

Marc Faber, editor of the Gloom Doom & Boom Report, appeared on CNBC to give his take on the current precious metals market. Faber was skeptical about the health of the stock market, hinted that it is in a bubble, and emphasized the importance of having safe haven hard assets in your portfolio. I have […]

Howard Davidowitz, an expert retail analyst, spoke with Yahoo! Finance about Walmart’s poor earnings report and what it indicates for the rest of the US economy. The economy is in a state of collapse… I think there’s a 50% chance we’ll be in a recession next year… That’s after spending $7 trillion dollars, printing trillions, […]

In his latest article at Forbes, Jack Adamo analyzes the history of government inflation statistics and why gold is still an excellent hedge in spite of the popular narrative that inflation is “under control.” “The other problem I find with the inflation-to-gold ratio analysis is this: We are truly in unknown territory with the U.S. […]

Lewis E. Lehrman, author of the new book, Money, Gold, and History, spoke at the Cato Institute last month about the history of central banking and the destruction of the gold standard. Lehrman’s lengthy talk is a great introduction to the rise and fall of real money. His new book includes 40 years of essays […]

Bob Alderman, Managing Director for the World Gold Council, speaks about the enduring value of gold and the yellow metal’s current role in a long-term investment strategy. The case for owning gold is a simple supply and demand story, [and] it has always been that way. What’s changed over the past several months is that […]

By Jeff Clark from Casey Research Last month, big news came out of China. It may have gone unnoticed by most investors – and there’s really no reason why it would have been covered extensively by mainstream media – but it’s important if you’re a silver investor. China raised its target for solar generating capacity […]

Enjoy this excellent audio interview with Jim Rickards, author of Currency Wars, on the Korelin Economics Report. Rickards dissects the Fed’s forecasting record and explains why quantitative easing is destroying the economy. “The Fed’s forecasting record has been abysmal. The Fed has been wrong four out of the last four years in terms of their […]