May 29, 2014

Schiff For President?


Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

Why Are Gold Prices Falling?

Gold prices are falling because the fundamentals are mistakenly based on a belief that the Fed has the cure for our economic problems; it is actually the cause.

Related ETFs: SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX)

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 28, 2014

Gold Prices Are Not Responding To Inflation

The fundamentals for gold appear to be getting better with inflation numbers getting worse in japan, people talking about inflation being too low in Europe and that they need to create more inflation, more of the inflation numbers picking up here.

All of these drum beats get louder and louder for inflation, yet the price of gold is not responding. Maybe they are still talking about, "Well, I guess inflation is good, I suppose there is no real reason to buy gold." Maybe there`s a lot of confidence out there that the central bankers can can keep inflation contained. They were not able to contain the problems in the mortgage market but maybe investors have a little bit more confidence that they can contain inflation.

And when they are talking about that they want higher inflation they are just going to tweak it up a notch. They are going to move it from 1.50% to 1.80% or 2.00% or whatever. In the Eurozone its still around 1.00% officially, so maybe they think they have a little bit more room to crank it up a little bit there and that somehow none of this is going to be bullish for the price of gold.

Related ETFs: SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX)

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

2014: Stocks vs. Gold

For 2014 you are still better off having had your money in Gold than in the stock market. But very few people are paying attention to that development.

Related ETFs:  SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), SPDR S&P 500 Index ETF (SPY)

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

Inflation Distorts The Markets



Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 27, 2014

What Is Going To Drive The Price Of Gold And Silver Higher

What is going to drive the price of gold and silver higher is not only the inflation that is being created worldwide but the realization on the part of savers and investors that the inflation train is going to continue, its going to accelerate and that money is going to lose value.

Related ETFs: SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), iShares Silver ETF (SLV)

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 26, 2014

Trading Bitcoins For Gold & Silver



Related: SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), iShares Silver ETF (SLV)

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 23, 2014

Bitcoins Will Continue To Trade Lower



Related: SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD)

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 22, 2014

Bernanke On Interest Rates

One of the people that paid a lot of money to have breakfast or lunch with Ben Bernanke, after one of these meals said that Ben Bernanke mentioned to him and whoever else was at the table that he did not expect the Fed`s fund rate to get back to 4 percent in his lifetime. And Ben Bernanke is not that old, he is most likely to live another 40 years or so.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 21, 2014

The Holy Grail Of Inflation


Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

Profits & Risk-Taking

Profits are the results of risk-taking; they create beneficial products and jobs.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 20, 2014

This Is A Wall Street Bubble

It`s another bubble. The Federal Reserve inflated the first housing bubble and when it bursted and we had the financial crisis, their solution was to blow it back up again. But there`s a big difference between the bubble they created this time and the last one. The last bubble was a main street bubble. Individuals were buying houses, flipping houses, remodeling, extracting their equity out of their houses and spending it. So you had a big phony GDP that resulted from the first housing bubble. This time around is different. This is a Wall Street bubble. The average american is too broke to buy a house, home ownership it at 19-year lows, most americans are renting.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

Video: We Have Another Housing Bubble


Related ETFs and stocks: SPDR S&P Homebuilders (ETF)(XHB), D.R. Horton, Inc.(DHI), Lennar Corporation (LEN), The Ryland Group, Inc. (RYL), M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (MDC)

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 19, 2014

Forex Markets: Watch The USD/JPY

The most interesting element is the USD/JPY because the dollar/yen is moving potentially to the lowest level since November 2013. We are very close to breaking the February 4th low in the USD/JPY and if the Yen breaks above that level for the year (going lower for the U.S. dollar) that could prove to be very problematic for the (stock) market that has been inversely correlated to the JPY.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

The Housing Market Is Already Rolling Over

All this speculative buying is coming to an end just as the Fed is beginning to taper. The Fed is so proud of itself. "Hey, we have got this great economy built on the wealth effect of the housing market and the stock market" and as they are tapering, the housing market is already rolling over, the wealth effects are working in reverse.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 16, 2014

Inflation: Is It Good or Bad?



Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 15, 2014

Inflation: Gold Prices, Commodities

We do have an inflation problem, we do have a bubble and commodity prices are rising. Gold prices are rising, maybe you haven`t noticed but gold is at 1,300.

Related stocks and ETFs: SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Newmont Mining (NEM), Barrick Gold (ABX), Goldcorp (GG), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX)

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 14, 2014

Video: Roubini & Schiff Head-To-Head



Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 13, 2014

Food Inflation: The Real Cause

Of course they talk about the factors that are responsible for (food inflation) but not once they mention central banks and money printing. They never mention the real cause of the inflation, they always want to blame it on the weather, or disease as if disease and bad weather is something unique to 2014. We always have this kind of stuff. Farmers have been complaining about the weather probably since the first farmer!

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

Inflation Showing Up In Food


Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 12, 2014

Stocks: The Stealth Correction

The stealth correction or the bear market continues beneath the surface as companies report their earnings and if they are not stellar, if they don`t beat the estimate and come out with a very positive forward guidance, they are just taking these stocks out and shooting them. One after another these stocks are going down.

Related ETFs: SPDR S&P 500 Index ETF (SPY), Nasdaq 100 Index ETF (QQQ)

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 10, 2014

The U.S. Is The Biggest Inflation Creator In The World

We will always print more money than anybody else. We are going to be the biggest inflation creator in the world. In fact, that is America`s best export. It`s inflation.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

Central Bankers Are Embracing Inflation

When we have these central bankers embracing inflation, saying that their goal is inflation, and what they are fighting is not inflation but an absence of inflation. If inflation is too low, they are going to do something about it.

And you have the ECB (European Central Bank) saying that interest rates are going to stay at 0.25% or lower for an indefinite period of times the ECB makes sure that we have more inflation. That is bullish for gold.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 9, 2014

Concern About A Strong Euro Is Bullish For Gold

Mario Draghi of the ECB is "concerned" about a strong euro because it might lower inflation. This comment is bullish for gold because both the euro and the dollar are losing value.

Related trading instruments: SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), EURUSD;

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 8, 2014

Yellen Demonstrates So Much Ignorance

This demonstrates so much ignorance. Number 1: She thinks inflation is caused by economic growth.

So she thinks the only time we have to worry about inflation is when we have a lot of economic growth. that might cause it. Not only does Janet Yellen think that economic growth causes inflation, she thinks inflation is a prerequisite to economic growth, that the economy cannot grow unless there is inflation.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

All The Currencies Are Going Up Against The U.S. Dollar

The irony of all this talk about the strong euro is the Euro (EUR) is not strong, the dollar (USD) is weak. The Euro (EUR) is not going up against the British Pound (GBP), the Euro is not going up against the New Zealand Dollar (NZD). All the currencies are going up against the U.S. dollar (USD), which means the U.S. dollar is dropping, it`s a weak U.S. dollar.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

Forex Markets: New Zealand Threatens Markets With QE

In New Zealand there was some worries out of the New Zealand central bank. They threatened to do QE if the New Zealand Dollar (NZD) did not weaken on its own. They`re saying, "We are going to just print NZD if the market does not make them go down."

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 7, 2014

U.S. Dollar Weakness: 5 Year Lows Against The GBP

The biggest story of the day that very few people in the financial world seem to be discussing, noticing or even caring about is the weakness in the U.S. Dollar. Nobody has been forecasting a weak dollar other than me. None of the people who routinely show off on the financial networks have been bearish on the dollar, in fact they have been universally bullish.

Why are so many people bullish on the dollar?

Because they believe the U.S. economy is strengthening and they believe that the Federal Reserve will be tightening and they believe therefore that these are bullish for the dollar. They also believe that the U.S. economy is in better shape than the rest of the world because we stimulated it and they did not, or they did not stimulate enough or they practiced austerity and so we are getting the benefits of all the things the Federal Reserve did and other countries have not done that yet, they are going to do that, they will learn from us. So they are going to print more money and so we are going to have a tighter monetary policy.

All this as I have been saying for years is a complete nonsense. And today the dollar is at a new 5 year low against the pound sterling.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 6, 2014

Financials: Bearish Looking Charts

The financials are leading this market down. We have some of the biggest losers in the financials, J.P. Morgan (JPM), Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Citigroup (C). In fact if you look at these charts, these are among the weakest charts out there. And you would think that if the Federal Reserve is continuing to taper and the economy is not as strong as people thought, that should be bad for the financials.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

A Wake-Up Call For The Bond Market

An increase in QE will be a wake-up call for the bond market, and if the bond market does not wake up, the currency markets will wake it up.

Related ETFs: ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year ETF (TBT), iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 5, 2014

Economic Data: April`s ISM & The Weather Excuse

Economic news out today: ISM non manufacturing for April coming in slightly better than forecast. Of course non manufacturing unfortunately is the lion share of the U.S. economy and so April numbers a little bit higher than March, although just barely. If you are trying to argue that the economy was disaster because of the weather, you would have expected a much bigger jump in the ISM for the month of April.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

Employment Report: 1 Million Left The Labor Force in April

Let`s get beneath the surface of the unemployment rate dropping to 6.3 percent. How did that happen?

Well, almost a million people left the labor force in the month of April. A million people! It`s the biggest exodus in 1 month since they beta keeping records. Now if the economy was so good, why did so many people leave the labor force in April?

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 3, 2014

Video: Minimum Wage & Vanishing Jobs


Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 2, 2014

U.S. Economy: There's No Evidence Of A Recovery

Everybody is talking about the recovery, but there's no evidence of a recovery - except that the Fed says there is a recovery.

Related ETFs: SPDR S&P 500 Index ETF (SPY), Nasdaq 100 Index ETF (QQQ)

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

May 1, 2014

What Is Going To Happen To GDP If The Fed Withdraws The Stimulus

Think about this. If the U.S. GDP grew at just 1.9 percent last year while the Federal Reserve was doing 85 billion a month of QE the entire time, the entire year, what is going to happen to GDP this year if the Fed withdraws that stimulus before the year is over? The numbers are going to be even lower. They are not going to be higher than they were in 2013.

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

GDP Report Misses Expectations

I guess this is the last time they are going to be able to blame weak GDP numbers on the weather. Although how they can blame the first quarter`s number on the weather is beyond me but they are getting away with it.

The government reported that the first quarter GDP was up 0.1 percent... 0.1 percent? That is basically flat!

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

The Fed Will Reverse Course On QE

I do expect the downward trend in job gains to continue, which is why I believe the Fed will do an about face on QE.

 Related ETFs: SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), SPDR S&P 500 Index ETF (SPY)

Peter Schiff is an American businessman, investment broker and financial commentator. Schiff is the CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.

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