How Much Gold Should You Own?

At a minimum you should have 5 to 10 percent of your portfolio in gold. And you may also increase that, you can have gold stocks, depending on your risk tolerance. Are you looking to preserve wealth? Are you looking to get rich with gold? So different people have different needs.

Related stocks and exchange traded funds: SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), Goldcorp (GG), Newmont Mining (NEM), Barrick Gold (ABX), NovaGold (NG)

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

Federal Reserve: They Are Not Going To Raise Rates At All

They are not going to raise rates at all. They are going to do more QE.

They are going to finally raise rates but not because they want to, but because the market gives them no choice, because the dollar is in free fall and inflation is accelerating and the Fed is back into the wall and they have no choice but to raise interest rates and bring about a financial crisis of an order of magnitude greater than 2008.

Related: 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.

QE: Once You Start, You Cannot Stop

They never should have started it. Once you start, you cannot end it unless you are willing to face the consequences. And the consequences are QE exacerbated all the problems that the Federal Reserve was supposedly trying to solve. So, the minute you stop QE, you have to prepare for the consequences.

Related ETFs: SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), SPDR S&P 500 Index ETF (SPY), Select Sector Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF)

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