Peter Schiff

Peter Schiff: A Call To Action

I don’t agree with everything that Peter Schiff says, and I don’t live in Connecticut, but I’d love to see him win his run for the Senate.  As for my thoughts on his opponent Christopher Dodd‘s tenure on the Senate Finance Committee…I feel they’ve been made pretty clear here and here. Schiff is the president…

Hot Links: Heir to the Throne

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… BlackRock is bullish on US and emerging markets stocks.  (DealBook) Go out and hug a bear today.  (MusingsOfATrader) What’s George Soros up to these day with his positions?  (MarketFolly) Peter Schiff under attack on MSNBC, Eddie calls BS.  (CrossingWallStreet) Marc Faber on currencies, equities, commodities and India.  (InvestmentPostcards) “Buying gold…

Hot Links: Megan Fox & The Siren Song of the Bears

Hot Links for Weekend Reading… David Merkel on ignoring the siren song of bearishness in a bull market.  (AlephBlog) The big BIG winners of 2009: Stocks that are up 400% plus:  (Bespoke) Bonus/ compensation discussions will be prominent at the G-20 meeting next week.  (Bloomberg) Peter Schiff: Letting Lehman go was one of the only…

Dodd-Watch: Peter Schiff Needs to Commit for CT's Sake

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.2723133&w=425&h=350&fv=autoplay%3Dfalse] Gail Collins wrote a balanced watered-down Op-Ed in the New York Times yesterday about how busy Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd‘s been over the last year, sponsoring basically every bill that comes before the Senate.  Yes, you always want to look busy in the workplace to cover up ineptitude. Collins works in Dodd’s incredibly…

Market Recap: Bulls on the Loose, Google in the On Deck Circle

The Reformed Broker, AKA Phat Albert, here with today’s Market Recap… A lot of churning in the markets this morning, but the resolution was clearly to the upside.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now at the highest point since the wheels fell off in early February.  The consumer recovery plays were the winners today, with everything…

Great Moments in Willful Ignorance

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I’m far from perfect and no one should point fingers at those who make mistakes, as we are all human. That said, in keeping with the recurring theme of my blog these days that “The Emperors Have No Clothes”, let’s take a look at those who chose to be wrong…those who had all the information but went out of their way to ignore it and be epically, willfully ignorant.

Hot Links: When Giants Clash

Hot Links for Weekend Reading Shedlock vs Schiff The big hullabaloo in Wall Street Blogland this week was the unsolicited Peter Schiff beatdown issued by Michael “Mish” Shedlock (Sitka Advisors) on his Global Economic Trend Analysis site.  Mish was sick of all the “Peter Schiff Was Right” promotional videos floating around and decided to call…

Top 10 ETFs They Haven't Created Yet

With over 400 Exchange Traded Funds (ETF’s) on the market right now and new ones being issued each week, it would seem that we could be reaching the point of ETF overload. That said, it would be tough to say that we have too many ETF’s until we get to the point that we start seeing products like the ones listed below…