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The silver price is today half of the January 1980 level. That was the peak at $50 which silver reached again 31 years later in 2011. But alas, the bullion banks, aided by the BIS (Bank for Internati...

Egon von Greyerz / April 21, 2021

Upton Sinclair famously observed that, “it is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” After decades navigating among Wall Street sell-side...

Matthew Piepenburg / April 19, 2021

When it comes to the topic of banking risk, well…one can only lean back in a chair, sigh and say: “Where to begin?”

Matthew Piepenburg / April 10, 2021

MAM founder, Egon von Greyerz, sits down with Silver Bullion TV to discuss a wide range of current topics, from the global response to the COVID pandemic and the paradox of balancing human safety agai...

Egon von Greyerz / April 9, 2021

Bill Hwang, the founder of the hedge fund Archegos that just lost $30 billion, probably didn’t realise when he named his company that it was predestined for big things. Archegos is a Greek word whic...

Egon von Greyerz / April 8, 2021

In recent weeks, I’ve authored many reports pointing toward the certainty of both current as well as rising inflation ahead, which, of course, is favorable to the long-term price direction in gold. Th...

Matthew Piepenburg / April 4, 2021

When bubbles burst, we will discover how very few superior men there actually are - as defined by Confucius: “The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a...

Egon von Greyerz / March 31, 2021

Over the years I’ve written almost ad nauseum about the crazy I see (and saw) around me as a fund manager, family office principal and individual investor. The list includes

Matthew Piepenburg / March 27, 2021

Instant gratification is what drives the world and especially investment markets. I often hear complaints that gold is a useless investment since it doesn’t go up fast enough. We have invested hea...

Egon von Greyerz / March 24, 2021

We certainly live in interesting times. Yet be you bear or bull, left or right, optimist, cynic or pessimist, one would be hard pressed to pretend that anything is, well, normal.

Matthew Piepenburg / March 20, 2021