Look up dot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Dot, DoT or DOT may refer to:

Typography[link]

• Full stop, also called period in American English, used as a sentence terminator and as a decimal separator (decimal point) in numerals ( . )
• Interpunct, between words, also called middle dot, centered dot, and Georgian comma ( · )
  • dot operator, used as notation for multiplication ( ⋅ )
  • word separator middle dot, used in Avestan, Samaritan ( ⸱ )
  • Katakana middle dot ( ・ )
• Dot (diacritic), above or below a character (e.g. ȧ, ạ, İ, Ċ, ċ, etc.) ( ˙  ̣ ﮲ ﮳ )
  • Hebrew shin and sin dots ( ׁ  ׂ) as well as upper and lower dots (  ׄ  ׅ )
  • Syriac feminine dot (  ݀ )
  • Devanagari high spacing dot ( ॱ )
  • Myanmar dot below (  ့ )
  • Canadian syllabics final middle dot ( ᐧ )
  • Canadian syllabics final raised dot ( ᣟ )
  • Vedic tone dot below (  ᳝)
  • One dot leader, also used as Armenian semi-colon ( ․ )
  • The dot above is used to denote time derivation, in Newtonian notation
  • There are also double, triple, quadruple and even quintuple diacritic dots
• Dotted note, in music notation (  𝅭 )

Entertainment[link]

• Dot (song), a single by the Los Angeles pop punk band ALL
• Dot (MADtv character), a fictional character on the television show MADtv
• Dot, A Drama in Three Acts, an 1859 stage adaption of the book The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
• Dot and Dash, an animated girl and animated boy appearing as the PBS idents
• Dot and the Kangaroo, a children's book by Ethel C. Pedley, written in 1899
• Dot Branning, fictional character on the television show EastEnders
• Dot Dot Dot (magazine), a magazine publication
• Dot Matrix (ReBoot), fictional character on the television series ReBoot
• Dot Moore (1914–2007), television personality in Mobile, Alabama
• Little Dot, a comic book character
• Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, characters from the animated television show Animaniacs

Companies and agencies[link]

• Department for Transport, in the UK, formerly the Department of Transport (DoT)
• Department of Telecommunications, India
• Department of Tourism (Philippines)
• Department of Transportation, in the United States and various U.S. states
• Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company, a British motorcycle manufacturing company
• Dot Records, an American company

Technology[link]

• Dot, an element in Morse code
• Dot (Unix)
• DOT language, in computation, the plain-text format for describing graphs used by Graphviz software
• Dot matrix, a 2-dimensional array of dots used to generate characters, symbols and images
• Damage over time, in computer and video games
• Designated Order Turnaround or SuperDot, an electronic system used by NYSE to route market orders
• Diffuse optical tomography, an imaging technique
• Directly observed treatment, a way to administer medicine
• Dissolved oxygen tension (DOT)
• Epiphone Dot, a series of archtop guitars
• "." may refer to the DNS root zone, the root domain of the Domain Name System
• Dutch Open Telescope

Other uses[link]

• Dot, a diminutive form of the given name Dorothy
• Dot (mango), a mango cultivar from Florida
• The Dot, a children's picture book
• The Dot, an Office Assistant, one of several interactive animated characters available in Microsoft Office
• The Dot (restaurant), a fictional café in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Dot product, in mathematics
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles
• Newton's notation for differentiation, in mathematics and physics
• Tropical Storm Dot (disambiguation), several tropical storms

See also[link]

• Dots (disambiguation)
• Dot notation (disambiguation)

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.gov

Introduced	1985
TLD type	Sponsored top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	General Services Administration
Sponsor	General Services Administration
Intended use	Governmental entities
Actual use	United States government; formerly only federal government but later expanded to include state and local government
Registration restrictions	Must meet eligibility requirements and submit authorization letter
Structure	Registrations at second level permitted
Documents	RFC 920; RFC 1591; RFC 2146
Dispute policies	None
Website	dotgov.gov
DNSSEC	yes

The domain name gov is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. The name is derived from government, indicating its restricted use by government entities in the United States. The gov domain is administered by the General Services Administration (GSA), an independent agency of the United States federal government.

The U.S. is the only country that has a government-specific top-level domain in addition to its country-code top-level domain. This is a result of the origins of the Internet as a U.S. federal government-sponsored research network (see ARPANET and National Science Foundation Network). Other countries typically delegate a second-level domain for this purpose, for example: .gc.ca is the second-level domain for the Government of Canada and all subdomains.

Some U.S. federal agencies use fed.us rather than gov. The Department of Defense and its subsidiary organizations use the mil sTLD. Some U.S. governmental entities use other domains, such as com domains by the United States Postal Service (which uses both usps.gov and usps.com for the same website, although it only advertises the com address), and the United States Army's recruitment website (goarmy.com, this trend is repeated at the recruitment websites of the other branches of the U.S. military).

Additionally, some technically private organizations having some formal association with the federal government make use of gov, such as the Federal Reserve System (federalreserve.gov).

All governments in the U.S. are allowed to apply for delegations in gov, such as atlantaga.gov for the city of Atlanta, loudoun.gov for the county of Loudoun, Virginia and georgia.gov for the U.S. state of Georgia. This was not always true; under an earlier policy, only federal agencies were allowed to use the domain, and agencies beneath cabinet level were required to use subdomains of their parent agency. There is a lack of consistency in addresses of state and local government sites, with some using gov, some us, some using both (the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania uses www.pa.gov, www.pennsylvania.gov and www.state.pa.us for the same web site) and still others in com, org or other TLDs.

Availability[link]

Use of the gov domain is restricted to governments entities. According to GSA guidelines, this includes U.S. Governmental departments, programs, and agencies on the federal level; federally recognized tribes (referred to by the GSA as Native Sovereign Nations, which must use the suffix -NSN.gov); State governmental entities and programs; cities and townships represented by an elected body of officials; counties and parishes represented by an elected body of officials; and U.S. territories.^[1]

The URL for registration services is http://www.dotgov.gov.^[2]

Authorization[link]

To register a gov domain, a letter of authorization must be submitted to the GSA. For federal agencies, the authorization must be submitted by cabinet-level chief information officer (CIO). For state governments, authorization from the governor or state CIO is required. Domain names for cities require authorization from the mayor or equivalent official; for counties, authorization may be submitted by county commissioners or equivalent officials, or by the highest-ranking county official.^[3] For Native Sovereign Nations, the authorization must come from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.^[4]

Naming conventions[link]

The GSA provides guidelines for naming of second-level domains, such as those used by state and local governments. For states, the domain name must include the full state name or postal abbreviation, and the abbreviation must not be obscured by inclusion in a larger word. For example, invalid.gov for Idaho would be an unacceptable domain name. For local governments, the domain name must include the state name or abbreviation. However, many .gov domain names (such as boston.gov and seattle.gov) do not conform to the naming convention because they were already registered before the GSA enacted this policy.^[5]

Policy[link]

This section requires expansion.

Policy regarding the gov domain is laid out in 41 CFR Part 102-173, a Final Rule promulgated by the GSA in the Federal Register on March 28, 2003.^[6]

No new gov domains for U.S. federal executive branch departments have been allowed to be registered since June 13, 2011, as a result of the implementation of Executive Order 13571^[7] issued by President Obama. The move is part of a general attempt to improve the efficiency of U.S. governmental Web usage by weeding out unnecessary, redundant, outdated, or wasteful sites. ^[8]

States in GOV[link]

As of November 2009, all states in the U.S. have operational domains in gov:

The District of Columbia follows this trend with dc.gov

See also[link]

• usa.gov
• .us

References[link]

External links[link]

• IANA .gov whois information
• RFC 920 defined .com and the other original top-level domains.
• RFC 2146 (U.S. Government Internet Domain Names)

Look up bubble or bubbles in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Bubble or Bubbles may refer to:

Physical bubbles[link]

• Liquid bubble, globule of one substance encased in another, usually air in a liquid
• Soap bubble, a bubble formed by soapy water (a thin film of liquid)
• Antibubble, a droplet of liquid surrounded by a thin film of gas

Arts and literature[link]

• Bubbles (painting), a 1886 painting by Sir John Everett Millais, also used to market Pears soap
• Bubbles Yablonsky, the protagonist in a series of mystery novels
• Speech balloon or speech bubble, a graphic convention used primarily in comics and cartoons

Astronomy[link]

• Local Bubble, the cavity which contains the Solar System
• Bubble Nebula (NGC 6822), an emission nebula in Barnard's Galaxy
• NGC 7635 (also known as the Bubble Nebula), an emission nebula in the Milky Way galaxy
• Stellar-wind bubble, a large cavity in the interstellar medium created by a star's energy
• Superbubble, a large structure created by multiple gases

Economics[link]

• Economic bubble, a situation where market prices are unsustainable
  • Dot-com bubble, a specific economic bubble in the 1990s
  • Real Estate/Housing bubble, economic bubble involving unsustainably valued property
  • Stock market bubble, an economic bubble involving over-valued stock
  • Tulip bubble, an economic bubble in the 1630s and a metaphor for other economic bubbles

Film[link]

• Bubbles (film), a 1930 short film featuring a pre-stardom Judy Garland
• The Bubble (1966 film), a science fiction film
• Bubble (film), a 2006 improvised thriller directed by Stephen Soderbergh
• The Bubble (2006 film), an Israeli drama about a gay romance
• Bubbles, a character in the 2003 film Finding Nemo

Music[link]

• "Bubbles" (Biffy Clyro song), a song on Biffy Clyro's 2009 album Only Revolutions
• "Bubble" (Fluke song), a 1994 song on Fluke's album Oto
• "Bubbles", a song on System of a Down's 2002 album Steal This Album!
• Bubbles, a record label owned by Erlend Øye and Marcin Oz of The Whitest Boy Alive

Television[link]

• The Bubble (UK TV series), a BBC comedy programme hosted by David Mitchell
• Bubble, a character in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous
• Bubbles, a character in the animated TV series Jabberjaw
• Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls), a character in The Powerpuff Girls
• Bubbles (Trailer Park Boys character)
• Bubbles (The Wire), a character from the HBO series The Wire
• Bubbles the Clown, a doll used in the BBC's Test Card F
• Bubbles DeVere, a character in the TV series Little Britain
• Bubbles (The Adventures of Little Carp), an anthropomorphic fish from The Adventures of Little Carp
• Bubbles, a contestant on Real Chance of Love season 1 and Charm School 3
• Dirty Bubble, one of mermaid man's enemies in SpongeBob SquarePants

Video games[link]

• Bubble Ghost, a French 1987 video game
• Bubbles (video game), a 1982 arcade video game by Williams Electronics
• The main character in the video game Clu Clu Land
• Bubble, an enemy in The Legend of Zelda series

People, characters and animals[link]

• Bubble Boy (disambiguation), (or 'boy in the bubble'), colloquialism used to describe a person who must live in a sterile environment for medical reasons
• Bubble Eye, a variety of goldfish
• Bubbles (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee who lived with Michael Jackson
• Bubbles, a muppet character that appeared in The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth and The Muppets.
• Pamela Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere (1933–1992), English socialite and actress
• William Milbourne James (1881–1974), child model for the painting and soap advertisement Bubbles
• Beverly Sills (1929–2007), opera singer

Other[link]

• Bubble (computing), a delay in pipeline
• Champagne (wine), sparkling wine or Champagne, colloquially known as bubbles
• Bubbles (band), a Swedish girl group
• Bubble Act, an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain requiring all joint-stock companies to have a Royal Charter
• Bubble and squeak, a traditional English vegetable dish; usually based on mashed potatoes and "left over" vegetables
• Bubble chamber, a particle detector in physics
• Bubble wrap, a packaging material
• Hi-Riser (automobile), a sedan customized by increasing the ground clearance and adding large-diameter wheels
• Carbonation, the process of adding bubbles to soft drinks
• Westminster Bubble, a term used to describe isolation among United Kingdom government employees
• Bubble, the nickname for the helmet logo of the Detroit Lions
• Bubble, a symbol used in logic gate diagrams
• Bubble play, a term used in poker tournaments
• Bubble, a term used in selecting the field for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship or NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
• Bubble, a term used to describe interpersonal space

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "Bubble"
• All pages with titles containing "Bubble"
• Bulla (disambiguation), Latin for "bubble"
• Bub (disambiguation)
• Bubb (disambiguation)

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Peter Schiff

Austrian School
Born	(1963-03-23) March 23, 1963 (age 49)
Nationality	United States
Field	Financial Economics
Alma mater	U.C. Berkeley (B.B.A.), 1987[1]
Opposed	John Maynard Keynes,[2] Alan Greenspan,[3][4][5] Ben Bernanke,[6][7][8] Paul Krugman,[9] Christopher Dodd,[10] Barack Obama,[11]
Influences	Irwin Schiff, Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, Murray Rothbard

Peter David Schiff (pronounced /ˈʃɪf/; born March 23, 1963) is an American businessman, investment broker, author and financial commentator. Schiff is CEO and chief global strategist^[1] of Euro Pacific Capital Inc., a broker-dealer based in Westport, Connecticut^[12] and CEO of Euro Pacific Precious Metals, LLC, a gold and silver dealer based in New York City.^[13]

Schiff frequently appears as a guest on financial television and is often quoted in major financial publications. He is host of The Peter Schiff Show, a radio show broadcast on terrestrial and internet radio. He is a frequent guest on internet radio^[14][15][16] as well as the host of the former podcast Wall Street Unspun.^[14][17] In 2010 Schiff ran as a candidate in the Republican primary for the United States Senate seat from Connecticut.^[18]

Schiff is known for his bearish views on the dollar and dollar denominated assets, while bullish on investment in tangible assets as well as foreign stocks and currencies.

Early life and education[link]

Peter Schiff was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. His father, Irwin Schiff, is a prominent figure in the U.S. tax protester movement, currently serving a 13-year sentence for tax evasion.^[19] Peter Schiff attended Beverly Hills High School in California,^[20] and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1987 with a Bachelor's degree in finance and accounting.^[1]

Financial career[link]

Schiff began his career as a financial consultant at a Shearson Lehman Brothers brokerage.^[1] In 1996 Schiff and a partner acquired a small brokerage firm that had been founded in 1980, reincorporated it in California and renamed it Euro Pacific Capital.^[21][22] The company today has more than 15,000 clients^{[citation needed]} and six offices nationwide, with its headquarters in Westport, Connecticut.^[12][21][23]

According to a 2005 article in The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut Schiff relocated the firm to Darien, Connecticut to find brokers "who think like him". The New York Metropolitan Area, Schiff says, has the biggest concentration of brokers in the country, making it easier to recruit employees.^[24] The company has offices in Newport Beach, California as well as in Scottsdale, Arizona, Palm Beach, Florida, Los Angeles and New York City. Euro Pacific Capital also holds the exclusive rights to broker some Perth Mint gold products in the United States.^[25]

Economic forecasts[link]

Peter Schiff voices strong support for the Austrian School of economic thought, first introduced to him by his father.^{[26][27][28][29]}

2002–2008[link]

In his 2007 book Crash Proof, Schiff wrote that United States economic policies were fundamentally unsound, and predicted that the United States dollar would lose much of its value.^[3] Schiff believed that the imbalance between the amount of goods the U.S. consumed and what it produced would eventually lead to problems for the U.S. economy.^[30][31] As a remedy Schiff favored increased personal savings and production which he said would stimulate economic growth.^[32] Schiff cited the U.S.'s low personal savings rate as one of the causes of its transformation from the world's largest creditor nation in the 1970s to the largest debtor nation in the year 2000.^[33] Schiff attributed the low savings rate to higher inflation and the artificially low interest rates set by the Federal Reserve.^[34]

In a May 2002 interview with Southland Today, Schiff predicted that the economic downturn triggered by the bursting of the dot-com stock market bubble, an event that he had also forecast well in advance, would lead to a bear market likely to last "another 5 to 10 years."^[35][36] Later that year, following a 30% decline in the Dow Jones, Schiff reversed his call, and became bullish on U.S. stocks in nominal terms. However, he remained bearish in gold terms. In November 2002, as Schiff predicted, US stock indexes began a nominal bull market uptrend that held steady for five years,^[37] until reversing course in 2008, when they began a decline to less than half of their peak 2008 values,^[38] followed in 2009 by the Dow climbing 61% from its low point over the following year.^[39] However, priced in gold, U.S. stocks remained in a bear market the entire time. In May of 2002, the date of the Southland Today interview,^[40] the Dow Jones was worth over 34 ounces of gold. By 2011 the Dow fell below 6 ounces of gold, a nine-year decline of over 80%, in line with Schiff’s 2002 forecast.^[41]

In an August 2006 interview he said: "The United States economy is like the Titanic and I am here with the lifeboat trying to get people to leave the ship... I see a real financial crisis coming for the United States."^[42] On December 31, 2006 in debate on Fox News, Schiff forecast that "what's going to happen in 2007" is that "real estate prices are going to come crashing back down to Earth".^[42]

As part of these exchanges on Fox News and his repeated appearances on financial news network CNBC, Schiff had mentioned factors such as speculators and "the absence of lending standards" which are now seen by many^[43][44] to indeed be contributing factors to the housing crisis which began in 2007. On December 13, 2007 in a Bloomberg interview on the show Open Exchange, Schiff further added that he felt that the crisis would extend to the credit card lending industry.^[45] Following this observation, it was soon reported on December 23, 2007 by the Associated Press that "The value of credit card accounts at least 30 days late jumped 26 percent to $17.3 billion in October from a year earlier at 17 large credit card trusts examined by the AP... At the same time, defaults -- when lenders essentially give up hope of ever being repaid and write off the debt -- rose 18 percent to almost $961 million in October, according to filings made by the trusts with the Securities and Exchange Commission."^[46]

Since 2007, Schiff has stated many times that if the government doesn't change course there will be hyperinflation in the US.^[3] Schiff is one of a minority of economists credited with accurately predicting the financial crisis of 2007–2010 while "nearly all [macroeconomists] failed to foresee the recession despite plenty of warning signs".^[47][48] In his book Crash Proof, he described several aspects of the U.S. economy that would lead to a recession.^[3]

A YouTube video entitled "Peter Schiff was right" became popular in late 2008 and 2009.^[49][50] The video consists of a compilation of clips of his many appearances on various financial news programs from networks including CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC and Bloomberg, most of which took place from 2005 to 2007. In the video segments Schiff explains the fundamental problems he saw with the United States economy at that time. Schiff's warnings of a coming economic collapse earned him the moniker "Dr. Doom."^[22][51][52]

2009–present[link]

Despite predictions regarding the housing bubble and automotive industry difficulties coming to fruition, as early as 2009 Schiff was receiving criticism due to the performance of some of his client's accounts in 2008, as well as controversies over the predictions themselves. In January 2009, economic blogger and investment adviser Michael Shedlock reported, "I have talked with many who claim they have invested with Schiff and are down anywhere from 40% to 70% in 2008."^[53] Later that week an article appeared in the Wall Street Journal reporting that Schiff's broker-dealer firm, Euro Pacific Capital Inc., "advised its clients to bet that the dollar would weaken significantly and that foreign stocks would outpace their U.S. peers" and that instead, the dollar advanced against most currencies, "magnifying the losses from foreign stocks Mr. Schiff steered his investors into."^[54]

The Director of Communications at Schiff's investment firm responded to the original Shedlock piece by saying, "While it is true, that our accounts have suffered badly in 2008, a fact that we have never disputed or ran from, [Shedlock's] estimates for the size of our typical client losses are exaggerated and unfair."^[55][56] Schiff personally responded to Shedlock's criticism by saying, "to examine the effectiveness of my investment strategy immediately following a major correction by looking only at those accounts who adopted the strategy at the previous peak is unfair and distortive" and called Shedlock's blog entry "nothing more than an overt advertisement (and a highly deceptive one at that) to use my popularity to advance his career," adding that losses were felt mostly by recent clients and not by others.^[57]

Schiff responded similarly to criticisms made by Wade Slome of Sidoxia Capital Management, LLC. in a September 2009 blog entry entitled, "The Emperor Schiff Has No Clothes."^[36] Schiff stated not only were the losses suffered by his clients in 2008 highly exaggerated, but also that most of those losses have already been recouped, stating that many who were down then are now up, and most long-term clients were never down at all, but merely temporarily lost some of the profits they had earned over the years.^[36]

The January 2009 Wall Street Journal article discussed the value of Schiff's predictions, and stated how deficiencies "made mincemeat of investors who took his advice in 2008."^[54] In an interview the following week Schiff likened himself to billionaire investor Warren Buffett, saying they were both "buy and hold" long-term investors. Contrasting his negative press he compared claims about accounts managed under Schiff's firm to the stock market value of Buffett's company, saying: "His approach is you buy stocks and you never sell them—you hope to never sell them—and Berkshire Hathaway is down 40% in the last thirteen months; I don't see the Wall Street Journal saying 'Warren Buffett made mincemeat out of his clients.'"^[58] The Wall Street Journal also published a letter written by Schiff in response to his critics saying: "My central investing premise, a weakening dollar and safety in gold, commodities and foreign stocks, didn't materialize in 2008. But all the ingredients were (and remain) present for those movements to occur. Over the past year, market reactions that I didn't foresee—massive global deleveraging, a knee-jerk 'flight to quality' into U.S. Treasuries and a sharp counter trend rally in the U.S. dollar—have kept the scenario from playing out."^[59]

In a November 2009 videoblog, Schiff said that five stocks he picked for Fortune Magazine in January 2009 had gained a total of 360%.^[60][61]

In a March 2009 speech Schiff said that it would be impossible for the U.S. debt to China to be repaid unless the U.S. dollar's value is substantially diluted through inflation. In September 2009 Schiff said that "I would not be surprised to see [gold] at $5,000 over the next several years" and that the 2009 stock market rally was a "bear market rally".^[62]

According to economist Paul Krugman, Schiff's Austrian approach to economics led him to incorrectly predict hyperinflation in the United States.^[63]

Political career[link]

Schiff was an economic adviser to Ron Paul's 2008 presidential campaign. In support of Paul's economic revitalization plan, he said: "We need a plan that stimulates savings and production, not more of the reckless borrowing and consumption that got us into this mess in the first place. Ron Paul's plan is the only one that amounts to a step in the right direction. If you want meaningful change—for the better that is—Ron Paul is the only candidate capable of delivering it."^[64]

In 2008, Schiff also endorsed Murray Sabrin for the U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey.^[65]

In an interview in February 2009, Schiff's position was summarized as a nonpartisan critique of American policymakers, comparing former presidents George W. Bush to Herbert Hoover and President Barack Obama to former president Franklin D. Roosevelt, with neither of the more recent incumbents comparing favorably to the earlier ones.^[66]

Schiff supports the reduction of government economic regulation, and is concerned that President Obama's administration may increase such regulation.^[67] Schiff says that the economic crisis of the late-2000s provides an opportunity to transition from borrowing and spending, to saving and producing. He is critical of the U.S. government's efforts to "ease the pain" with economic stimulus packages and bailouts. According to Schiff, the U.S. government's approach of replacing "legitimate savings with a printing press" could result in hyperinflation.^[68]

2010 U.S. Senate campaign[link]

In December 2008, Connecticut citizens created a website encouraging Schiff to campaign against the incumbent Senator Christopher Dodd.^[69][70] Approximately 5,000 people made campaign contributions using the web site.^[69] On February 21, 2009, a moneybomb raised over $20,000 for Schiff's campaign.^[71] In a May 2009 video blog, Schiff said that he was seriously considering a run for the senate and when questioned by a Washington Post reporter, he said the chance of him entering politics was "better than 50-50".^[72] In June 2009 Schiff commissioned a poll of likely voters which indicated that he trailed Dodd in popularity by four percentage points.^[73] On July 9, 2009, Schiff launched an exploratory committee and an official campaign website.^[69] He began accepting donations in an attempt to see if "people who really believe in freedom, liberty, sound money and the constitution are prepared to support that with an actual political contribution or to volunteer their services and work on this campaign." He received over 10,000 donations and many e-mails from around the world.^[69]

After giving some hints on The Daily Show^[74] Schiff officially announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination on September 17, 2009, during the MSNBC Morning Joe show.^[18][75][76] By October 2009 Schiff had received more than 10,000 telephone calls and letters^[69] and raised over $1,960,000 (USD) in campaign contributions.

At the May 2010 Republican convention, Linda McMahon received the most delegate votes but not enough to prevent an August primary election. U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons received more than the required 15 percent of the total votes necessary to force the primary. Schiff then collected the signatures necessary to earn a position on the August 2010 GOP primary ballot, submitting at least 400 signatures over the state requirement.

In July 2010, Schiff's campaign received endorsements from Steve Forbes and Ron Paul.^[77][78]

In the Republican primary, held on August 10, 2010, Schiff lost the nomination to Linda McMahon.^[79] McMahon collected 49% of the vote, with Simmons on 28% and Schiff 23%.^[80]

Ultimately, the election was won by the Democratic Party primary winner, Richard Blumenthal.^[81]

Broadcasting[link]

From 2005 to 2010 Schiff hosted a weekly podcast named Wall Street Unspun. In October 2010 Schiff began hosting a new radio show named The Peter Schiff Show. The show is broadcast weekdays from 10am-noon ET on internet and terrestrial radio. The show has featured guests such as Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Niall Ferguson, Dennis Kucinich, Rick Santelli, and others.^[82]

Books[link]

Peter Schiff is the author of six books published by John Wiley & Sons. His book, Crash Proof 2.0, appeared on both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists.

• Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse, February 2007, ISBN 978-0-470-04360-8 1
• The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets: How to Keep your Portfolio Up When the Market is Down, 2008, ISBN 978-0-470-38378-0 2
• Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit From the Economic Collapse, 2nd Edition, September 2009, ISBN 978-0-470-47453-2 3
• The Little Book of Bull Moves, Updated and Expanded: How to Keep Your Portfolio Up When the Market Is Up, Down, Or Sideways, 2010, ISBN 0-470-64399-4 4
• How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes, 2010, ISBN 978-0-470-52670-5 5
• The Real Crash: America's Coming Bankruptcy---How to Save Yourself and Your Country, 2012, ISBN 978-1-250-00447-5

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Euro Pacific Capital US Brokerage Firm Website
• Euro Pacific Precious Metals Coin Company Website
• Schiff for Senate Official Campaign Website
• Peter Schiff Online, Official book site for Peter Schiff
• Peter Schiff radio, Schiff's daily radio show
• Peter Schiff's Official YouTube channel