Renowned contrarian investor Marc Faber predicted in an interview with GoldSeek Radio that China will eventually switch to a gold-backed currency. He bases this on the widespread understanding that China has larger gold reserves than are officially reported. Faber also explained why the US dollar’s days as a global currency are numbered. This is due to the rise of the East as a dominant economic power, as well as the complete ineptitude of central bankers to deal with the systemic economic problems of Western nations. In fact, he believes the worldwide bailout is doomed to failure.
Like Peter Schiff, he believes in holding gold to protect your portfolio, but he’s even more aggressive than Peter in his allocation. Faber advocates holding 25% of your assets in precious metals.
On CNBC last night, Peter Schiff debated Wayne Kaufman, Chief Market Analyst at Phoenix Financial Services. Is the NASDAQ in bubble territory today? Kaufman argues that the tech landscape is completely different than it was in 1999. Peter counters that a bubble always looks different than the last one when you’re in the middle of it.
Whenever there’s a bubble, it’s always different this time. There’s always reasons to rationalize why it’s different. Remember, that’s exactly what everyone was doing in 1999 and 2000. They were rationalizing why it was a new era, it was a new economy… Bubbles always make you choose. Either you’re going to look like a fool before they pop, or you’re going to look like a fool after they pop.”
Jessica Fung, Commodities Analyst for BMO Nesbitt Burns, explained her firm’s belief that gold has always been and will always be a safe-haven investment. Fung sticks to the mainstream perspective that the Federal Reserve is still planning to raise interest rates in 2015, though she does admit that BMO now predicts the Fed is going to push back that rate hike. It’s interesting to watch a major financial firm dance around the increasingly confused market sentiment and convoluted messages from the Fed.
Investors should take note that major financial players are starting to publicly admit that gold is an essential investment regardless of the supposed strength of the US economy or dollar – exactly what Peter Schiff has been saying for years.
Peter Schiff appeared on RT last night to discuss Janet Yellen’s testimony, the Federal Reserve’s schedule for raising interest rates, the direction of the US economy, and stock buy backs that indicate a bubble in the stock market.
RT asked Marc Faber why he invests in physical gold. Faber emphasized that nobody should put all of their assets into physical precious metals. However, if investors want to protect themselves from the volatile bubbles created by the Federal Reserve since the late 1990s, then gold and silver are essential assets. Precious metals are Faber’s “iron reserves,” and he doesn’t worry about short-term price fluctuations.
USAWatchdog’s Greg Hunter spoke with Peter Schiff this week. They discussed the intricate problems of Europe and Greece, the phony economic recovery in the United States, and how investors can protect themselves when wars break out. Peter also responded to the ongoing negative sentiment of gold bears who continue to predict a lower gold price despite evidence to the contrary.
John Stossel and Peter Schiff discussed why the bailout of the big banks during the 2008 financial crisis simply laid the groundwork for a more severe economic calamity. If the free market were allowed to function, short-term economic pain would be overcome by a more fundamentally sound and independent economy. Unfortunately, Peter observes that the United States seems committed to behaving like an irresponsible banana republic.
Marc Faber has been long on gold since the mid-1990s. He thinks 2015 may be the year that investors wake up to the scam that is central banking. The only way to bet against the central banks is to buy gold. You can take a riskier approach and get into gold mining stocks, but the safest bet is physical gold and silver bullion. Faber explains his philosophy in this interview with Barron’s.
Tom Woods interviewed Peter Schiff this week. Woods is a senior fellow at the Mises Institute, a New York Times bestselling author, and a well-respected voice of Austrian Economics. He and Peter had a friendly conversation about the broader economic problems facing the world and what investors can do to prepare.
Last fall, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist Dickson Buchanan attended the Gold Standard Institute’s conference in New York City. In this article, Dickson explains the philosophy of Keith Weiner, founder of the Gold Standard Institute (GSI). Like Peter Schiff, Weiner is deeply concerned about the destruction of the US dollar by the Federal Reserve’s monetary policies and believes we need to return to using gold as money. Any views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold.
“The greatest problem facing the world today is monetary,” began The Gold Standard Institute’s founder Keith Weiner in his opening remarks at the New York City conference. Having successfully made the transition from technology entrepreneur to world-class monetary economist, Keith walked us through his business plan for the Gold Standard Institute (GSI). An advocate of what he calls the “unadulterated gold standard,” Keith gave a detailed presentation of the reasons why the gold standard is not only superior to the present fiat system but is also urgently necessary for today. Throughout his talk, several thought-provoking issues were raised that differentiated GSI from other sound money advocates.
