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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 PAPER GOLD TAIL WAGGING THE GOLDEN DOG
Paper gold controls the gold market, but this cannot last forever. Eventually, the golden dog will take control of his own tail. When fiat currencies inevitably fail, Physical gold reigns supreme.
Egon von Greyerz / July 21, 2021
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Liquidity Crisis: Wells Fargo & Repo Markets Sound Alarms
Recent news of Wells Fargo suspending personal lines of credit and continued volatility in the repo market portend a coming liquidity crisis. In an era when deep cracks in the financial system are ban...
Matthew Piepenburg / July 16, 2021
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Gold Storage in Banks? Think Again.
For informed investors who have successfully traversed the tired Bitcoin vs. Gold debate and recognized the critical importance of owning physical (as opposed to paper/ETF) gold as an obvious antidote...
Matthew Piepenburg / July 12, 2021
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GRANT WILLIAMS, RONNI STOEFERLE, AND EGON VON GREYERZ SPEAK TO GOLD’S INFLATIONARY END-GAME
As large swaths of the world gather to follow the best names in “round-ball” football, we’ve gathered three of the best names in the global financial and precious metal playing field to discuss critic...
Egon von Greyerz / July 10, 2021
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THE DOLLAR’S FINAL CRASH DOWN A GOLDEN MATTERHORN
Was Richard Nixon a real gold friend who understood the futility of tying a weakening dollar to gold which is the only currency that has survived in history? So was Nixon actually the instigator of th...
Egon von Greyerz / July 7, 2021
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Basel III and Gold: The Trillion-Dollar Question
June 28th has come and gone, which means the much-anticipated Basel III “macro prudential regulation” to make so-called “safe” banks “safer” has officially kicked off in the European Union (as it will...
Matthew Piepenburg / July 1, 2021
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VON GREYERZ: BASEL 3 – GAME CHANGER FOR PRECIOUS METALS OR NON-EVENT?
The FOMC caused turmoil last week, but the statements have only short-term effects. In the past, the FED could not predict anything correctly, but only react. It will be the same this time. Real inter...
Egon von Greyerz / June 30, 2021
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THE ICARUS WAX OF THE EVERYTHING BUBBLE IS MELTING
When will the wax melt that holds up the global economy and everything bubble? Hubris is driving humans and markets ever higher and closer to the sun. The higher everything goes, the greater the risk...
Egon von Greyerz / June 23, 2021
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One Mad Market & Six Cold Reality-Checks
Fact checking politicos, headlines and central bankers is one thing. Putting their “facts” into context is another. Toward that end, it’s critical to place so-called “economic growth,” Treasury market...
Matthew Piepenburg / June 21, 2021
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GLOBAL DEBT FROM $300 TRILLION TO $2 QUADRILLION IN NEXT 5-10 YEARS
The coming 5-10 years are likely to see asset prices decline by at least 90% in real terms. Yes stocks, bonds and property prices will in coming years collapse. But that’s not enough, the whole struct...
Egon von Greyerz / June 16, 2021
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FROM YELLEN’S TWEETS TO BASEL III, GOLD CAN ONLY TREND NORTH AS CURRENCIES CAN ONLY GO DOWN
In this 20-minute MAMChat, Matterhorn Asset Management principals Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg address the current and ever-evolving inflation narrative as well as its inter-relationship wi...
Egon von Greyerz / June 14, 2021
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Translating Yellen-Speak into Golden-Speak
Given the increasingly politicized interplay (cancer) of central bank policy and so-called free market price discovery, it’s becoming increasingly more important to track the actions of central banker...
Matthew Piepenburg / June 14, 2021
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