Gold •172 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •10 mins | 952.00 | +15.60 | +1.67% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 68.67 | -0.79 | -1.14% | |
Gasoline •11 mins | 1.922 | -0.020 | -1.04% | |
Ethanol •173 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •172 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 172 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 172 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 72.05 | -0.89 | -1.22% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.662 | -0.086 | -2.29% | ||
Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.214 | -0.018 | -0.78% |
Contributor since: 04 Jan 2011
Peter Schiff is an economist and investment advisor specializing in the foreign equity, currency, and gold markets. He became internationally known by successfully forecasting the collapse of the dot-com bubble, the US housing market bubble, and the bankruptcy of major global banks. Schiff is Chairman of gold bullion dealer SchiffGold and CEO of stock brokerage firm Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, LA Times, Barron's, BusinessWeek, Time and Fortune. His broadcast credits include regular guest appearances on CNBC, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News Channel, as well as hosting his own weekly radio show, The Peter Schiff Show. He is also the author of several bestselling books, including "Crash Proof: How to Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse" released in 2007 before the financial crisis struck, and the more recent "How An Economy Grows And Why It Crashes" and "The Real Crash: America's Coming Bankruptcy."
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