Peter’s Blog

Peter Schiff appeared on Fox Business yesterday, warning that whether they know it or not, many Americans own Puerto Rican bonds in their retirement portfolios. If Puerto Rico were to default on its debt, the fallout would have a much bigger effect on average Americans than Greece leaving the eurozone. More importantly, Peter believes Puerto […]

Last night, Peter Schiff told CNBC how he expects the Greek financial crisis to affect United States markets. Peter thinks that the Federal Reserve will come in with another round of quantitative easing to prevent the dollar from rising too much against a struggling euro. Instead, he believes the Puerto Rican debt crisis presents a […]

In this final part of their video series, Peter Schiff and Mike Maloney discuss why gold is the ultimate hedge against the government’s irresponsible monetary policies. Neither Mike nor Peter like to predict a final price for gold. However, they agree that given the history of paper money systems, gold will be heading much higher […]

Carl Icahn made news this week when he sold his stake in Netflix. However, the bigger message Icahn shared with CNBC was that he thinks the United States stock market is “extremely overheated.” He warned investors that he sees similar problems as 2008: I personally do [think that the US equity market is in for […]

It’s been a while since we heard from Jim Rickards, one of the leading contrarian economists. In a new interview with Kitco, Jim shared his opinions on a wide range of topics. He talked about the current relationship between the United States dollar and the Chinese yuan, as well as what he expects to happen […]

Renowned investors like Bill Gross and Carl Icahn have warned Fox Business that a bubble is forming in financial assets. Icahn told Fox: [In] the financial markets, I believe that there really is a bubble brewing. Interest rates now are at a low that in the history of the Federal Reserve, they’ve never been held […]

Dr. Ron Paul shared his free market perspective of Federal Reserve policy with CNBC. Dr. Paul warned that the stability of the current financial system “depends on a psychological acceptance of this system.” He argued stocks and bonds will crash dramatically when the markets realize that ever-expanding debt and money printing have only stimulated malinvestment. […]

While Marc Faber thinks the Federal Reserve should have raised interest rates years ago, he’s not at all surprised that it did not raise rates this month. In fact, he thinks the United States and global economies are too poor for Janet Yellen to raise rates at all this year. He predicts the US will […]

Ross Beaty is the Chairman of Alterra Power Corp and Pan American Silver. He is an expert in the energy sector and precious metals mining. Beaty spoke with Cambridge House Live about why he owns gold and silver as a protection from the economic and political uncertainties of the next decade. From disruptions in the […]

Danielle DiMartino was a former advisor to Richard Fisher, the president of the Dallas Federal Reserve. On CNBC this week, DiMartino identified herself as an economist more concerned with the power of free markets when she cited Ludwig von Mises as one of her personal heroes. She went on to share insights into the Fed’s […]