Friday, March 1, 2013
The Stimulus Trap
By: Peter Schiff, CEO and Chief Global Strategist
For years we have been warned by Keynesian economists to fear the so-called “liquidity trap,” an economic cul-de-sac that can suck...
Thursday, January 10, 2013
The Hidden Truth of Higher Prices
By: Peter Schiff, CEO and Chief Global Strategist
In dismissing the inflationary warnings of Austrian School economists, the pro-stimulus Keynesians have largely refrained from attacking the...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Extend and Pretend
By: Peter Schiff, CEO and Chief Global Strategist
Now that President Obama has been re-elected, the media is finally free to focus on something besides the clueless undecided voters in Ohio, Florida, and...
Monday, October 1, 2012
The Fed Plays All Its Cards
By: Peter Schiff, CEO and Chief Global Strategist
There never really could be much doubt that the current experiment in competitive global currency debasement would end in anything less than a total war. There...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The Real Fiscal Cliff
By: Peter Schiff, CEO and Chief Global Strategist
The media is now fixated on an apparently new feature dominating the economic landscape: a "fiscal cliff" from which the United States will fall in January...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
No Easy Fix for Gas Prices
By: Peter Schiff, CEO and Chief Global Strategist
This month, as unleaded gasoline prices increased for 17 consecutive days (to a national average of $3.647 per gallon - up 11% thus far this year) and West Texas...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
What’s Ahead for the Eurozone?
Investors are growing increasingly concerned as each successive proposal in Europe has fallen flat. While the deals have bought time, they have failed to make substantive improvements. Ominously...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Is Another 2008 Imminent for Global Equities?
By: Jim Nelson, Portfolio Manager
Given the dramatic market volatility we have seen over the past few months, we thought it wise to provide our investors with our take on what is driving...