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Peter Schiff

Peter Schiff

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

Biography

Mr. Schiff is one of the few non-biased investment advisors (not committed solely to the short side of the market) to have correctly called the current bear market before it began and to have positioned his clients accordingly. As a result of his accurate forecasts on the U.S. stock market, commodities, gold and the dollar, he is becoming increasingly more renowned. He has been quoted in many of the nations leading newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, The Miami Herald, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Arizona Republic, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Christian Science Monitor, and has appeared on CNBC, CNNfn., and Bloomberg. In addition, his views are frequently quoted locally in the Orange County Register.

Mr. Schiff began his investment career as a financial consultant with Shearson Lehman Brothers, after having earned a degree in finance and accounting from U.C. Berkley in 1987. A financial professional for seventeen years he joined Euro Pacific in 1996 and has served as its President since January 2000. An expert on money, economic theory, and international investing, he is a highly recommended broker by many of the nation's financial newsletters and advisory services.

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    Published 23 February 2007 | viewed 4,969 times

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    Published 15 February 2007 | viewed 6,639 times

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    Published 02 February 2007 | viewed 6,723 times

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  • Higher Interest Rates Mean Trouble Ahead

    Published 26 January 2007 | viewed 6,051 times

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    Published 19 January 2007 | viewed 5,347 times

    As Wall Street continues to put their faith in the "goldilocks" hypothesis, it may come as a surprise to those familiar with my more negative…

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    Published 12 January 2007 | viewed 6,738 times

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    Published 05 January 2007 | viewed 5,506 times

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  • Wall Street's Spin-Meisters are at it Again

    Published 29 December 2006 | viewed 6,081 times

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    Published 22 December 2006 | viewed 6,590 times

    A report released this week by the Center for Responsible Lending, a Durham, N.C. based research group, predicted that 1 in 5 sub-prime mortgages originated…

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    Published 15 December 2006 | viewed 6,963 times

    This week, in what I believe to be an unprecedented diplomatic pilgrimage, the sitting U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Federal…

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    Published 08 December 2006 | viewed 6,100 times

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    Published 30 November 2006 | viewed 7,689 times

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    Published 24 November 2006 | viewed 6,341 times

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    Published 17 November 2006 | viewed 5,202 times

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    Published 11 November 2006 | viewed 4,925 times

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    Published 27 October 2006 | viewed 5,642 times

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    Published 20 October 2006 | viewed 5,401 times

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    Published 13 October 2006 | viewed 5,955 times

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    Published 06 October 2006 | viewed 5,790 times

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