Markets: In The Short Run Its All About Perception, Than Reality Sets In

In the short run it is all about what people think not about reality. And if everybody is wrong than the markets are going to reflect that and ultimately though reality is going to cause the markets to change, assets will be repriced not based on what people thought it was going to happen but based on what actually happens.

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 U.S. Dollar Will Accelerate Lower

The markets are starting to validate what I have been saying. The Dollar is just starting to break down, technically it does not have much support here.  I see an acceleration in the weakness of the 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.

Dollar Weakness, Gold Strength Caught Wall Street By Surprise

The U.S. Dollar closed on the low of the month. The Dollar Index barely held the 93 handle. The Dollar is weak across the board. I think year to date now the Dollar Index is down about 6 percent. Nobody expected this! At least nobody in the conventional Wall Street, fund managers, hedge fund managers. They all expected the opposite. The same thing with 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.

The Bond Market Is Smelling Inflation

Probably the most disturbing thing if I was on the Federal Reserve would be what is happening with long term interest rates. Take a look at yields on the 30-year US. Treasuries. We are now at the highest yield we have been in about 3 months. Why are yields rising?  The economic data is getting weaker, so why are interest rates rising? Because the bond market smells inflation, they smell stagflation. (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.

Gold & Silver: Poised For Another Big Move Up

To me, these markets look as if they are poised for another big, big move up any day. ( iShares Silver ETF (SLV), SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ), 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.

Crude Oil & Stock Market: Decoupling

The markets are really acting as they are figuring out what is going on. I mean the markets have stagflation written all over them. First of all, oil. Oil had a big up day today, better than 2 dollars a barrel. This is the highest price of the year yet despite this big jump in oil prices the Dow Jones Industrials Index was barely up and the Nasdaq Composite was down. Decoupling. (Nymex Crude Oil Futures, United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO), iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF (IWM), 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.