The reality is that with unprecedented levels of debt and minimal savings, U.S. interest rates should be much higher than their historic norms. But rates have stayed low because the Fed has been able to artificially suppressing them. The markets are about to change that fast.
— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) February 21, 2018
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- SEP Commentary "The Investment Game is not so much about holding a good Hand as playing a bad Hand well" published. http://bit.ly/1MY9KUc
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- Hope springs eternal. After having initially forecast 2017 Q4 #GDP growth at 4.5%, only to see it come in at just 2.6% (likely to be revised lower next month), the Atlanta Fed's initial read on 2018 Q1 GDP is 4.2%. Let the GDP limbo begin.
- [Peter Schiff Podcast] Fed tries to instill false hope into consumers that the economy is getting better. https://t.co/j8rR20ylKs
- Since Dec. 12, the day before the Fed moved, gold climbed 5.7% to $1,314.36 an ounce, last week touching the highest level in three months and has climbed higher since. http://bit.ly/2CYWj9x
- Former Reagan budget director David Stockman warns of a fiscal bloodbath in America's future. http://bit.ly/2qlfBhY
- The amount of silver flowing in Swiss wastewater comes in at about 3,000 kilograms every year. http://bit.ly/2gCWjPO
- I'm watching the #DemocraticDebate. It should be call "Dumb, Dumber, & Dumbest." I just need to decided who's who!