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July 7, 2011Original Analysis

The Psychology of Bond Investors

Michael Pento’s Market Commentary Those who take issue with the outlook of Austrian economists in general, and Euro Pacific Capital in particular, have pointed to the persistence of low bond yields as proof that our philosophy does not hold water. We argue that as the United States takes on ever more debt and prints greater […]

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July 6, 2011Original Analysis

The Rise Of The Barter Economy

By Peter Schiff Imagine a day when you go to buy a quart of milk, ask the price, and the cashier says, “that’ll be a tenth ounce silver.” As the US dollar’s decline accelerates, several efforts around the country are trying to make this vision a reality. Historically, paying for items in silver or gold […]

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July 6, 2011Original Analysis

Gold Trudges Forward

The following article was written by Mary Anne and Pamela Aden for the July 2011 edition of Peter Schiff’s Gold Letter. The answer is no. Even though gold is currently under pressure, the major trend remains up and the fundamentals are still very positive.

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July 3, 2011Key Gold Headlines

This Month in Gold – July 2011

Crisis of Confidence in US Dollar Possible: UN Financial Post – Ban Ki-Moon has just won a second term as UN Secretary-General. Kudos. The eroding value of his tax-exempt salary denominated in US dollars, however, is less cause for celebration. A mid-year review of the world economy by the UN’s economic division points out that […]

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June 15, 2011Original Analysis

The Extinction of Retirement

Michael Pento’s Market Commentary For the better part of a century the foundations for a semi-comfortable retirement for many Americans have rested on the financial pillars of rising real estate and equity prices, positive real interest rates on savings, the continued solvency of public and private pension plans, and the reliability of national entitlement programs […]

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June 10, 2011Original Analysis

Central Bankruptcy – Why QE3 is Inevitable

Michael Pento’s Market Commentary As the U.S. economy seemingly limps out of the Great Recession most analysts now assume that the Federal Reserve will soon join the tide of other central banks and bring an end to the current era of unprecedented monetary expansion. Markets expect that Fed will begin withdrawing liquidity this summer, not […]

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June 10, 2011Original Analysis

End Game

By Peter Schiff Economic data over the past weeks, punctuated by last week’s dismal employment reports, confirm the diminishing impact of the stimulus efforts orchestrated by the Obama Administration and the Federal Reserve. In what must be a huge disappointment to Keynesian enthusiasts, the record doses of both monetary and fiscal narcotics did not produce […]

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June 3, 2011Key Gold Headlines

This Month in Gold – June 2011

Factbox: Gold Milestones on the Way to the Summit Reuters – On Monday, May 2nd, gold attained an all-time record high of $1,575.79/oz. In commemoration of this historic milestone, a Reuters Factbox captures some important dates in gold’s trading history since the early 1970s: August 1971, Nixon takes dollar off gold standard; January 1980, gold […]

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June 1, 2011Original Analysis

After the Dollar: What Comes Next?

By Peter Schiff My readers are familiar with my forecast that the US dollar is in terminal decline. America is tragically bankrupt, unable to pay its lenders without printing the dollars to do so, and enmeshed in an economic depression. The clock is ticking until the dollar faces a crisis of confidence like every other […]

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June 1, 2011Original Analysis

Record Highs Turn Volatile… Stay Focused

The following article was written by Mary Anne and Pamela Aden for the June 2011 edition of Peter Schiff’s Gold Letter. Volatility infected silver in particular. As it approached its old record high, investors got nervous and it dropped some 27% in just one week. But considering silver has soared over 1,000% over the past […]

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