peter schiff

There's no shortage of pundits who shot to fame on the back of a bold, contrarian call only to come up empty afterwards. Meredith Whitney and Nuriel Rubini are just two pundits who called the meltdown while most others were oblivious. Too bad they've fared less well lately.

For a gold bug, Peter Schiff's not nearly as goofy as one might think. The founder of Euro Pacific Capital who made The Call as well as anyone (and who recently announced a run for U.S. Senate), was banging on yet again on the intertubes Thursday about gold hitting $5,000 an ounce. True, Schiff...

Peter Schiff, who made The Call on the economy imploding about as well as anyone, said Thursday he wants to be the next junior senator from Connecticut. Schiff's looking to unseat incumbent Democrat Chris Dodd and has already raised (in the voice of Dr. Evil) . . . One Million Dollars. Good for...

General Electric chief executive officer Jeff Immelt, speaking at the Detroit Economic Club, told listeners in the hard-hit city that it was time for America to rebuild its manufacturing base. "While some of America's competitors were throttling up on manufacturing and R&D, we de-emphasized...