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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.
MOVES IN GOLD & SILVER WILL BE 1970s ON STILTS
My long standing target for gold of $10,000 in today’s money and much, much higher in inflationary terms, is now more probable than ever. But I hope it will never be achieved. When gold goes to $10,00...
Egon von Greyerz / May 9, 2019
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THE GOLD MAGINOT LINE WILL SOON BREAK
Why do 99.9% of investors not own gold? Due to my interest and activity, I clearly meet a higher percentage than the 0.1% who both understand and own gold. But I also meet a lot of people who have bee...
Egon von Greyerz / May 2, 2019
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CHINA HOLDS THE GOLD AND WILL MAKE THE RULES
Gold is the ultimate insurance against a bankrupt financial system, a corrupt political system and a rotten monetary system. But official propaganda, combined with people’s greed, mean that virtually...
Egon von Greyerz / April 25, 2019
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95% STOCK MARKET LOSS AND A CAN TOO BIG TO KICK
Will the average stock portfolio gain 1,900% to make up for the coming 95% fall? This is the unenviable task that investors will be facing in years to come. Six weeks ago I wrote about Alfred, a 74 y...
Egon von Greyerz / April 18, 2019
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SILVER SHORTAGES ARE HERE AND GOLD SCARCITY IS COMING
MMT is the socialists’ dream. It officially stands for Modern Monetary Theory but a more appropriate name would be More Money Theory. Because MMT is just a fancy name to justify more money printing, m...
Egon von Greyerz / April 12, 2019
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“MAINTAIN STABLE PRICES” – WHO ARE THE CENTRAL BANKS KIDDING?
One of the Fed’s three main objectives is to maintain stable prices. But they have never achieved that at least not since 1971. Again, the Fed did a volte face because they have a total inability to r...
Egon von Greyerz / April 3, 2019
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THE BIGGEST SHORT & THE SPECTACULAR LONG
The astonishing Fed again proved the consistency of its inconsistency. Since its creation in 1913, and especially after WWII, the Fed has always been behind the curve. It is hard to believe that this...
Egon von Greyerz / March 28, 2019
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ONLY GOLD STANDS AGAINST THE FINAL CATASTROPHE
Have the Ides of March been delayed in 2019? Normally the Ides of March just means the date March 15th. Shakespeare made the expression ominous as it was the day that Julius Caesar was murdered. Toda...
Egon von Greyerz / March 21, 2019
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3 DOZEN REASONS TO HOLD GOLD
The world financial system has been in a euphoric state since 2009. It seems that the Keynesians, like Krugman or the Modern Money Theorists (MMT) are right after all. All asset markets are near the h...
Egon von Greyerz / March 14, 2019
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STOCK INVESTORS, LIKE ALFRED, TO LOSE 98% OF THEIR INVESTMENT
Imagine a casino full of slot machines that all guarantee a constant high return. All you need to do is to put in a bit of money and you will get an incredible income stream for life. Well, this is e...
Egon von Greyerz / February 28, 2019
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