Second Consecutive 300-Point Drop in the Dow The Dow Jones was down 380 points today, in fact this is the second consecutive 300-point drop we’ve had in the Dow. The Dow is now down about 4% for the month of February which just ended today. This also means the Dow’s record-breaking monthly winning streak has …
Remembering Irwin Schiff Today would have been my father, Irwin Schiff’s 90th birthday. If you’re not familiar with my father’s story, and I’m sure most of the people who listen to this podcast are familiar with my father but if you’re not go to schiffbooks.com and pick up a copy of “The Federal Mafia,” which …
Dow Down Over 250 Points Today the Dow Jones was down just over 250 points; we’re back below 25,000. I think we were down better than 300 on the lows of the day, but we went out pretty low. The dollar was actually quite strong today; the dollar index had one of its better days …
Trump Is No Reagan & Powell Is No Volcker – Ep. 331 Read More »
St. Valentine’s Day Rout I wouldn’t really call what happened in the bond market and the U.S. dollar market as a St. Valentine’s Day massacre, maybe it was a slaughter; even slaughter was too harsh a word. It was a rout. But this is nothing compared to what is going to come. The daughter is …
A Change of Trend Another volatile day of trading ended with the Dow gaining a little over 300 points – 330 points to be exact. The NASDAQ composite was up just shy of 100 points – 97.33 – and the S&P gained 38.5 points. But about 2 hours before the close, the Dow was down …
Republican Hypocrites Embrace Debt to Avert Shutdown – Ep. 329 Read More »
Orlando Money Show: 20 Trillion and Beyond I wasn’t intending to do a podcast today; I’m in Orlando at the Money Show, I’m on a stock market panel. It’s going to be fun: Louis Navellier, Mark Skousen, David Callaway and Chris Gaffney. My big talk tomorrow should be very interesting. The title is 20 Trillion and Beyond: What …
Volatility The volatility is really continuing, in fact, today at one point this morning the Dow was up close to 400 points; ended up closing negative. It wasn’t a big drop; about 20 points, but I think that’s the biggest reversal of a gain to a loss in a little over 2 years. The broader market …
By: Peter Schiff, President and CEO Euro Pacific Capital While investors are justifiably focused on what may be the opening crescendo of a long overdue sell-off in stocks, there is not, as of yet, as feverish a discussion of the parallel sell-offs in bonds and the U.S. dollar, which have been underway for at least a …
Raising Rates Reflect Bigger Debt Not Faster Growth Read More »
Stock Market Decline Predicted Last Friday I have to warn you up front that I seem to have come down with something last night after the game, and I am having trouble talking today. I normally would not record, but I have to because on Friday’s podcast I predicted the decline that we saw today. …
Fake Financial News Still Clueless About Monday’s Stock Market Mini Crash – Ep. 326 Read More »
666 Point Drop Today the Dow finished off its worse week in 2 years with a 666 point drop. That is the third largest point drop in the history of the Dow. The last big drop that was larger happened during the 2008 financial crisis. Percentage-wise, though the 666-point drop today is only 2.5% so …
