Egon’s Publications

In this latest Gold Matters discussion, VON GREYERZ principals, Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg, speak candidly about the current debt backdrop in which the cycles of currency debasement, mark...

Egon von Greyerz / April 25, 2025

For at least 35 years, the monetary system has been telling us that the current era is coming to an end.  That means a debt collapse, a currency collapse and a collapse of most bubble assets like...

Egon von Greyerz / April 22, 2025

In this timely Gold Matters discussion, VON GREYERZ principals, Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg, DISCUSS THE END OF A MONETARY ERA and offer perspective on the extreme market volatility unleas...

Egon von Greyerz / April 10, 2025

The picture above shows the Bonfire of the Vanities (Falò delle Vanità)in 1497 in Florence. Objects of sin like art, books, cosmetics etc were burnt. Tom Wolfe wrote an excellent book with the same ti...

Egon von Greyerz / March 27, 2025

Trump would not be surprised if there is no gold in Fort Knox. There should be 4,600 tons there, at a value of $430 billion.  The U.S. allegedly holds 8,100 tons of gold in Fort Knox, with most r...

Egon von Greyerz / February 26, 2025

When all the euphoria about the election and the Executive Orders is gone, the annoying small problem of the $36 trillion US debt remains – a debt growing exponentially. And also a debt that Tru...

Egon von Greyerz / January 29, 2025

As we approach what usually should be a blissful holiday period, the treacherous path the world is now on does not bode well for 2025 and beyond.

Egon von Greyerz / December 9, 2024

The combination of Eastern/Southern Central Bank gold buying and all CBS replacing their dollar reserves with gold will lead to unprecedented demand for gold for many years. More gold cannot satisfy t...

Egon von Greyerz / November 26, 2024

There is a fine line between happiness and misery, as Dickens describes in David Copperfield. Copperfield’s landlord, Mr Micawber, was just on the wrong side of happiness by six pence.  In a rece...

Egon von Greyerz / November 4, 2024

Yet our army is shrinking while the navy is decommissioning warships faster than new ones can be built, our Air Force has stagnated in size, and only a fraction of the force is available for combat on...

Egon von Greyerz / October 10, 2024