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This Month in Gold – April 2014

Deutsche Bank Resigns London Fix Seat Reuters – Deutsche Bank has resigned its seat on the London gold and silver fixes as part of a larger decision to end the majority of its commodities-related business. Deutsche Bank could find no buyer for its seat, perhaps due in part to a US lawsuit that accuses the […]

New Collectible Rip-Offs from National Mints

Last week, if you were looking for gold coin news, you were likely to come across two stories about the release of brand new collector’s coins being issued by national mints. The Royal Canadian Mint has released silver and gold coins commemorating the canonization of Pope John Paul II. The US Mint has released a […]

The Stealth Rally: Gold Under the Radar

By Peter Schiff So far, 2014 has been a paradoxical year for gold. Many investors aren’t even aware that it has rallied more than 7%. On the rare occasion that the financial media mentions the yellow metal, it is only in the context of comparing the recent rise to last year’s decline. In spite of […]

Inflation is Coming – What to do Now

By Jeff Clark of Casey Research We’ve all heard of the inflationary horrors so many countries have lived through in the past. Developing nations and advanced economies alike – no country in history has escaped the debilitating fallout of unrepentant currency abuse. And we expect the same fallout to impact the US, the EU, Japan […]

The Engine of the Global Economy?

Jon Pawelko publishes the web comic Lampoon The System to poke fun at insane economic policies and educate the public on sound economics. Click here for more cartoons and information on his anthology book, available for only $15. Follow us on Twitter to stay up-to-date on Peter Schiff’s latest thoughts: @SchiffGold Interested in learning about […]

This Month in Gold – March 2014

Korea Begins Spot Gold Trade Wall Street Journal – The South Korean stock exchange has started trading physical spot gold for the first time, hoping to increase tax revenue from the yellow metal. South Koreans trade about 110 tons of gold every year, of which about 70 tons, worth $3 billion, are traded on the […]

Gold Scammer BUSTED!

There was big news last week in the precious metals industry. Anthony Columbo and his companies (Premier Precious Metals Inc., Rushmore Consulting Group Inc., and PPM Credit Inc.) were banned by the FTC from selling precious metals “investment opportunities.” The FTC charged Columbo with swindling millions of dollars from investors through hard-sell telemarketing schemes. The […]

Weather or Not?

In his latest commentary, Peter Schiff pokes holes in the theory that the polar vortex and exceptionally cold winter is solely responsible for the poor economic data of the past several months. Peter argues that economists and the media are blowing a lot of hot… er, cold air to convince the public that the economy […]

Top 12 Signs of Looming US Recession

Politicians and the Federal Reserve are spinning tales of a slow but steady economic recovery in the United States. But economists and financial advisors like Peter Schiff are not fooled by the double speak. The Economic Collapse Blog published a good summary of recent major economic data and news that indicate the picture is not […]

Gold Scams Revisited

By Peter Schiff Before Bear Stearns and Lehman collapsed, the market for physical gold was limited to a relatively small group of investors who understood the havoc inflation was wreaking on our savings and the US markets. As the financial crisis took hold, a flood of new and inexperienced buyers entered the market, creating an […]