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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.

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American Exceptionalism: Not Looking Too Exceptional for 2022

As the United States rolls into 2022, the tradition of American exceptionalism looks exceptionally untenable. With the inflation backing the Fed into a corner and geopolitical challenges mounting abro...

Matthew Piepenburg / January 3, 2022

CHAOS AND THE TRIUMPH OF SURVIVAL

Pieter Bruegel's work "The Triumph of Death" functions as a perfect metaphor for the economy's impending rendezvous with reality. Nonetheless, we must understand the risks and protect ourselves for th...

Egon von Greyerz / December 22, 2021

Von Greyerz & Piepenburg: Challenges, Forces and True Wealth for 2022

As 2021 draws to a close, the risks and uncertainties mount in the macroeconomic landscape. In this year-end MAMChat, Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg discuss the key issues affecting markets a...

Egon von Greyerz / December 21, 2021

Dollar Illiquidity — The Ironic Yet Ignored Spark for the Next Crisis

With the unabating onslaught of global money printing, it can be hard to believe the fragility of the global financial system lies in a potential shortage of dollars. The nuance lies in the Eurodollar...

Matthew Piepenburg / December 15, 2021

Fear and Inflation — The Timeless Policy Tools of Discredited Systems

When it comes to dying currencies and dying political credibility, be it from a parliament, White House or central bank, inflation, scape-goating and fear-mongering have always risen with eerie consis...

Matthew Piepenburg / December 9, 2021

Egon von Greyerz–Misery or Fortune: The Choice is Yours

As markets become more distorted and the globe's monetary systems become openly farcical and comically mismanaged, nations, companies, investors, and individuals face a binary choice in the near futur...

Egon von Greyerz / December 6, 2021

EVIL IS THE ROOT OF ALL FIAT MONEY

You may have heard money is the root of all evil, but what is at the root of all money? Seeing the outright theft of living standards through skyrocketing inflation and the mounting financial house of...

Egon von Greyerz / December 2, 2021

Part II. A Climate Change in Candor: Von Greyerz and Stoeferle Address Ignored Fissures in Global Rate, Bond & Currency Markets

In the final part of their two-part discussion, Egon von Greyerz and Ronni Stoeferle discuss rate, currency, and bond market forces. These markets have been dominated by unreality and magical thinking...

Egon von Greyerz / December 1, 2021

From Gold Manipulation to DC’s Latest Lies, Absolute Distortion Continues

As the gravity of the inflation problem begins to sink in with DC's elite, politicians worried about the next election cycle have proposed a solution: Print more money. Unfortunately, that's not a jok...

Matthew Piepenburg / November 30, 2021

Part I: All Taboos Broken—von Greyerz & Ronni Stoeferle Discuss Gold’s Role in a Changing Financial System

In part I of this unique two-part discussion, Matterhorn Asset Management founder, Egon von Greyerz, joins Ronni Stoeferle, author of the internationally acclaimed In Gold We Trust Report to exchange...

Egon von Greyerz / November 29, 2021