Egon von Greyerz
Founder and Chairman Born with dual Swiss/Swedish citizenship, Egon's education was mainly in Sweden.Egon von Greyerz began his professional life in Geneva as a banker and thereafter spent 17 years as the Finance Director and Executive Vice-Chairman of Dixons Group Plc. During that time, Dixons expanded from a small photographic retailer to a FTSE 100 company and the largest consumer electronics retailer in the UK.
During the 1990s, Egon von Greyerz became actively involved with financial investment activities including mergers and acquisitions and asset allocation consultancy for private family funds. This led to the creation of VON GREYERZ as an asset management company based on wealth preservation principles.
VON GREYERZ is now the world’s leading company for direct investor ownership of physical gold and silver outside the banking system. Our vaults include the biggest and safest gold vault in the world, located in the Swiss Alps. Clients include High Net Worth Individuals, Family Offices, Pension Funds, Investment Funds and Trusts in over 90 countries.
Egon von Greyerz makes regular media appearances and speaks at investment conferences around the world. He also publishes articles on precious metals, the world economy and wealth preservation.
Insights & Articles
GOLD IS NOW UNDERWRITTEN BY CHINA
There is really only one government in the world that understands the virtues of gold - China. Not only is the country buying all the gold that they can without pushing the price up but they are also...
Egon von Greyerz / September 11, 2009
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INFLATION DEFLATION AND GOLD
The current debt and asset deflation will not lead to a Japanese 1990’s style deflationary period. It is more likely to lead to hyperinflation in the US, the UK and many other countries. H...
Egon von Greyerz / August 3, 2009
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THE DARK YEARS ARE HERE
The Dark Years are here In this newsletter we will outline what is likely to be the devastating effect of the credit bubbles, government money printing and of the disastrous actions that governments a...
Egon von Greyerz / July 14, 2009
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WHERE IS THE GOOD NEWS?
The only reason why there has been an air of optimism in the world economy in the last couple of months is that the bearers of these false rumours of recovery all have a vested interest. They are eith...
Egon von Greyerz / June 26, 2009
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Golden Shoots
No green shoots There are no green shoots. Every single piece of economic and market news we observe confirms our view that the current optimism in the world economy is purely based on sentiment and n...
Egon von Greyerz / June 19, 2009
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A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
Take the following ingredients: A banking system which is on the verge of collapse Add a few $ trillion of government liquidity and guarantees Inject $ 100’s of billions in loans and capital Kee...
Egon von Greyerz / June 12, 2009
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LAST CHANCE TO BUY GOLD UNDER $ 1,000
“Don’t tell me what to buy, but tell me when to buy”! Back in 2002 we told investors to buy physical gold for up to 50% of their liquid assets. Since then gold is up between 220% and...
Egon von Greyerz / May 28, 2009
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UK JOINS THE PIGS – GOLD IS YOUR ONLY PROTECTION
We have told investors that the rating of US and UK sovereign debt is a farce and that they both will be downgraded. Today the UK is on its way to joining the PIGS countries as Standard and Poor’...
Egon von Greyerz / May 21, 2009
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GOODBYE DOLLAR – HELLO GOLD
Or, we could say “Goodbye Paper Money – Hello Real Money”. We have for some time warned investors that the era of the dollar as a reserve currency is coming to an end soo...
Egon von Greyerz / May 13, 2009
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Gold gains against all major currencies in Q1 2009
Gold outperformed most assets in the first quarter of 2009. On the Matterhorn Asset Management website the Gold charts pages show that gold gained between 4% and 7% against major currencies in Q1 2...
Egon von Greyerz / April 9, 2009
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