U.S. Economy: More Evidence Of Economic Contraction

Topics: U.S. Economy, Empire State Manufacturing Index (December)

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

Stock Market: Technicals Look Pretty Weak

The technicals in these markets look pretty weak. Remember we rallied very far, very quickly and now we are in a kind of no man`s land. If you look at some of these charts there is a lot of air beneath the market before you get some real technical support. So certainly there is the potential for another big decline in the markets.

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

Stock Market: A Change In Trend?

Earlier in the week I made a podcast and I was wondering wether or not the volatility that we were seeing in the markets may have been portending a change in trend and it looks right now that certainly could be the case.

The Dow Jones Industrials Index finished down 315 points on Friday to cap the worst week for the Dow in over 3 years.

Related exchange traded funds: SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), 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.

2014: Gold vs. World Stock Markets

Topics: Stock market performance in 2014 compared to gold;

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

Retail Sales: The Economy Is Not Driven By Spending

The economy is not driven by spending, its driven by savings and production, which we do not have. But you can keep the bubble going with the spending and people do not really make a distinction between a bubble economy and a genuine economy. Just as long as the bubble can keep inflating, that is all everybody really cares about. And the evidence of that is the fact that they are still spending.

Related stocks: Ford (F), General Motors (GM), Tesla (TSLA)

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 Sharp Oil Reversal

I think this oil decline is temporary. It is a market driven phenomenon, it is technical and again it has to do with the anticipation of a tighter Federal Reserve and a strong dollar. The dollar has strengthened but the Federal Reserve has not tightened and I do not believe it is going to tighten because I think the recovery is a mirage.

And as more people figure this out in 2015, and the dollar trade reverses, I think you are going to see a sharp reversal in oil as well.

Related stocks: Exxon Mobil (XOM), Marathon Oil (MRO), ConocoPhillips (COP), Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), Chevron (CVX), Diamond Offshore Drilling (DO)

Related exchange traded funds: Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), United States Oil Fund LP ETF (USO)

Topics: WTI Crude, U.S. Dollar, technical analysis, market dynamics.

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