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Egon von Greyerz has built a global reputation as one of the leading voices of precious metal ownership as a critical wealth preservation asset. For decades, he has written and presented internationally on gold topics and themes.
Partner, Matthew Piepenburg, compliments this legacy via an extensive background in risk asset markets - the fractures, risks and signals of which greatly inform his own and shared conviction for precious metal ownership. Together, von Greyerz and Piepenburg are the co-authors of Gold Matters, Real Solutions to Surreal Risks.
The “Gold vs. BTC” Debate is Pure Fluff
Piepenburg rolls up his sleeves with a blunt assessment of BTC’s so-called “digital gold” slogan, which, based on the very definitional elements of money and the mathematical elements of volatility, c...
Matthew Piepenburg / December 13, 2024
Watch NowWhat Trump is Facing – Separating Hype from Reality
In a no-holds-barred conversation, VON GREYERZ Partner Matthew Piepenburg sits down with David Lin to dissect the challenges and opportunities facing the incoming Trump administration.
Matthew Piepenburg / December 11, 2024
Watch NowTHE EVIL CYCLES OF WAR AND ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION
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
Read MoreMatthew Piepenburg & Grant Williams: Hard Truths About the Post-Election Economy
Matthew Piepenburg, Partner at VON GREYERZ, closes out 2024 with a no-holds-barred conversation with Grant Williams of Things That Make You Go Hmmm. Together, they dive into the fallout of the post-Tr...
Matthew Piepenburg / December 4, 2024
Watch NowGOLD WILL RISE BY MULTIPLES
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
Read MoreGold In a Trump Era: Rock Still Beats Paper
Needless to say, Donald Trump recently won the US election, and as JFK Jr. said of this “impolitic” figure, a “revolution” is coming. Depending on one’s politics, such a “revolution” is either music...
Matthew Piepenburg / November 17, 2024
Read MoreThere’s No “Optimizing” an Unspoken Debt Nightmare
In this pre-US-election interview, VON GREYERZ Partner, Matthew Piepenburg, joins Jeremy Szafron of Kitco News to address the many ignored “elephants” in the room regarding recession indic...
Matthew Piepenburg / November 7, 2024
Watch NowGOLD – BEST ASSET IN 2000s BUT YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET!
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
Read MoreWho & What Are Killing the USA?
There Are Two Americas… This observation goes beyond the partisan divide of a polarized nation heading toward a polarized election. The deeper, irrevocable rift lies beyond left vs. right. Quite sim...
Matthew Piepenburg / October 27, 2024
Read MoreCENTRAL BANKS AND BRICS WILL DRIVE GOLD TO MULTIPLES OF CURRENT PRICE
In the latest 15-minute interview with King World News, Egon von Greyerz explains why gold’s price is expected to multiply over the next few years. You can access the full KWN article, The World...
Egon von Greyerz / October 20, 2024
Watch NowThe Crystal Ball of Debt: Bubble Risk, Currency Debasement & War Drums
VON GREYERZ partner, Matthew Piepenburg, joins WTFinance to unpack the hard math and common sense ramifications of converging data points - from Chinese rate cuts and US markets to fiat money signals...
Matthew Piepenburg / October 17, 2024
Watch NowTHE END OF THE US ECONOMIC AND MILITARY EMPIRE & THE RISE OF GOLD
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
Read MoreThe Fatal Effects of Debt: Rising Gold & Silver
VON GREYERZ partner, Matthew Piepenburg, joins Nomi Prins with Ted Butler of VRIC Media to separate facts from fiction as to the key themes facing the global financial system, namely: US recession ind...
Matthew Piepenburg / October 3, 2024
Watch NowRecord Debt Levels Ruin Capitalism & Democracy
Matthew Piepenburg joins Jesse Day of Commodity Culture in a candid conversation on the myriad financial, geopolitical & social forces shaping the future.
Matthew Piepenburg / September 29, 2024
Watch NowPower Shifts, Gold’s Resurgence and the Signals Family Offices Should Heed
In an insightful interview, Jonny Haycock, Partner at VON GREYERZ, explores critical topics shaping the global financial landscape and the signals family offices must not ignore.
Jonny Haycock / September 26, 2024
Watch NowFrom Inflation to War Drums: A Template of Debt Madness
Watch another refreshingly candid discussion of deteriorating financial, social and geopolitical conditions in the U.S. and abroad.
Matthew Piepenburg / September 24, 2024
Watch NowA Global Snapshot: The Stupid, the Broken & the Evil
As a polarized U.S. marches toward a political, financial, and perhaps even military crossroads in the closing months 2024, many feel what George Lukas might otherwise describe as a “disturbance in th...
Matthew Piepenburg / September 20, 2024
Read More$ 1 MILLION GOLD PRICE & EXCHANGE CONTROLS
It was always inevitable that the GOLD price would reach $ 1 million! So, now we are there. The price for a 400-ounce gold bar has now reached $ 1 million. It reached $ 1 million on August 16, 2024 ...
Egon von Greyerz / August 30, 2024
Read MoreGolden Question: Is Democracy Dying?
Is democracy dying? Pride Cometh Before the Fall Many years ago, the American political scientist, Francis Fukuyama, prematurely declared the victory both of liberal democracy and free-market capitali...
Matthew Piepenburg / August 18, 2024
Read MoreGolden Wealth Preservation Amidst Global Turmoil
VON GREYERZ Founder, Egon von Greyerz, joins CapitalCosm to discuss current financial risks and the critical differences between short-term investing and long-term wealth preservation. The inter...
Egon von Greyerz / August 14, 2024
Watch NowTHIS WILL NOT LAST – DESPERATION
The last few weeks are pointing to clear directional markets in the coming weeks, months and probably years. – Stocks have peaked – Gold and Silver have resumed a secular uptrend. (...
Egon von Greyerz / August 12, 2024
Read MoreNowhere to Run – Gold & Family
In this important 20-minute Gold Matters discussion, Matt Piepenburg and Egon von Greyerz cover critical areas which are vital for investors to survive in a tumultuous world. These include: – W...
Egon von Greyerz / August 8, 2024
Watch NowFrom Biden to Bonds: Unmasking a Template of Lies
Political opinions are almost as vast as financial opinions—from bull to bear, or left to right. But there are differences, no? Political opinions, unlike market evaluations, for example, more often l...
Matthew Piepenburg / August 4, 2024
Read MoreThe New Abnormal: Social Unrest, Market Volatility & Currency Debasement
In his latest conversation with the David Lin, VON GREYERZ partner, Matthew Piepenburg, addresses US political volatility (post-assassination attempt, pre-Biden drop out) and social unrest, with speci...
Matthew Piepenburg / July 25, 2024
Watch NowIs the USD Really Too Big to Fail?
Between politics (driven by self rather than public servants), markets (driven by debt rather than profits) and currencies (diluted by over-creation rather than chaperoned by a real asset), it is fair...
Matthew Piepenburg / July 14, 2024
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