PETER D. SCHIFF is a seasoned Wall Street prognosticator
best known for his accurate predictions of the performance of the
stock market, commodities, gold, and the dollar. He began his
career at Shearson Lehman and joined Euro Pacific Capital (a
broker-dealer with expertise in foreign markets and securities) in
1996, becoming President of the firm in 2000. Schiff is often
quoted in major publications? such as? the Wall Street Journal,
Barron's, the Financial Times, the New York Times, and the
Christian Science Monitor.
A frequent guest on television, he appears regularly on CNBC,
Bloomberg, and FOX News, edits the Global Investor, an investment
newsletter, and hosts a weekly radio program Wall Street Unspun.
His economic and market commentaries are featured on many
investment-oriented Web sites as well as on www. europac. net. CNBC's
Squawk Box has nicknamed Schiff "Dr. Doom" for his uniquely bearish
outlook on the U. S. economy and its financial markets.
JOHN DOWNES is coauthor of the bestselling Dictionary of
Finance and Investment Terms, Barron's Finance and Investment
Handbook, and Beating the Dow. He lives in Palisades New York.