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April 27, 2015Interviews

The Moral Hazards of Public Debt and How to Save Yourself

In the second part of his interview with the Daily Bell, Peter Schiff discusses the economic dilemmas of Greece and the eurozone. He warns that the United States faces the same moral hazard of massive public debts that will be impossible to repay. Peter believes the Federal Reserve and American government will resort to currency […]

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April 24, 2015Guest Commentaries

Jim Cramer: Gold Is Your Insurance Policy (Video)

Jim Cramer raised a great point on Mad Money this week. You wouldn’t own a house or a car without the proper insurance. So why would you have a portfolio of investments without insurance? Gold is that insurance – the only asset that is guaranteed to minimize the downside risks when there is economic or geopolitical […]

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April 24, 2015Guest Commentaries

The Economic Politics of the Yuan-Dollar Peg (Video)

News broke this week that China may soon announce a major increase in its gold reserves in order to convince the IMF that the yuan should be included in the Special Drawing Right basket of currencies. Jim Rickards, an expert on geoeconomics, believes the yuan’s inclusion in the SDR is inevitable and will go into […]

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April 23, 2015Key Gold Headlines

Central Banks Would Love to Abolish Cash

The war on cash is a growing collection of laws and banking regulations that discourage or prevent citizens from doing business in physical currency. Last month, we reported on new laws in France that will limit the size of cash transactions. On a smaller scale, the state of Louisiana has recently made it illegal to […]

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April 22, 2015Key Gold Headlines

Physical Gold Immune to Flash Crashes

Yesterday a British stock trader was arrested on criminal fraud charges for stock market manipulation. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the United States Department of Justice accused Navinder Singh Sarao of single-handedly triggering the “flash crash” of May 2010. During this crash, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged about 600 points in just minutes, […]

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April 21, 2015Guest Commentaries

Druckenmiller: Fed Policy Is Extremely Short-Sighted (Video)

There are very few investment professionals voicing concern about the Federal Reserve’s easy monetary policies nowadays. Most economists still believe the Fed will likely raise the Fed Funds interest rate in June, or at least by September. The financial media takes it as a given that the United States economic recovery remains relatively robust, while […]

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April 20, 2015Original Analysis

Economic Fact & Fiction: Disney World & Paul Krugman (Audio)

Peter Schiff just returned from a family vacation and starts his latest podcast by discussing his observations about Disney World. He goes on to review the latest economic data. Finally, Peter picks apart Paul Krugman’s latest commentary, which is largely a response to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble’s rational, conservative economic advice.

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April 20, 2015Interviews

The Fed’s Dangerous Trickle-Down Monetary Policy

The Daily Bell interviewed Peter Schiff last week and published the first half of their conversation yesterday. Peter explained why the United States economy isn’t recovering and why he blames the Federal Reserve. Peter also answered a slew of other questions. Does Janet Yellen know that the Fed’s monetary policies have been destructive, or is […]

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