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2017 has just started but some longer-term trend changes already seem to develop. It is interesting how a new year combined with a new US president act as a catalyst for what will be the start of monu...

Egon von Greyerz / January 12, 2017

At the beginning of a new year, it would be totally natural to forecast what the likely events and trends will be for 2017. A lot of experts around the world will predict a number of “new” events as i...

Egon von Greyerz / January 6, 2017

“Inflation” is guaranteed in the next few years. We will see in-flation, stag-flation, hyperinflation and de-flation. Many of these flations will happen simultaneously. Currently we have major monetar...

Egon von Greyerz / December 16, 2016

“The Die is Cast” for Europe and the EU. This is what Caesar said when he crossed the Rubicon in 49 BC, marching towards Rome, leading to a major change in Europe’s history. The Italian referendum, wh...

Egon von Greyerz / December 8, 2016

Few people realise the coming bargains in all asset markets within the next five years or so. Stocks, bonds and property will be fractions of current prices. I discussed in last week’s article (Wealth...

Egon von Greyerz / December 2, 2016

There is a total misunderstanding of the role of gold and why it is so critical to own physical gold. Gold should not be bought or sold based on rumours or events. In connection with the US election,...

Egon von Greyerz / November 18, 2016

Money printing and debt are just the most beautiful schemes invented by governments to make ends meet and give the people whatever they want. In this perfect system, it makes not the slightest differe...

Egon von Greyerz / November 7, 2016

Two millennia ago, according to the bible, three wise men came to offer Jesus the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The peak of the Roman Empire is considered to be at the time Jesus was born alt...

Egon von Greyerz / October 12, 2016

The world economy is now at its most dangerous point in history. In virtually every major country or region, there are problems of a magnitude which individually could trigger a collapse of the financ...

Egon von Greyerz / September 29, 2016

The autumn of 2016 has for some time looked like a period when dark clouds will move in over the world economy. Therefore, it was not surprising to see the first sign of things to come in the next few...

Egon von Greyerz / September 16, 2016

Since Reagan came to power in 1981, the US has had a total of five presidents who have spent ever-increasing amounts of money to hang on to power and buy votes. This has resulted in the most extraordi...

Egon von Greyerz / September 9, 2016

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The financial world loves focusing on some future event that they think will change everything. There is always some economic data, an important me...

Egon von Greyerz / September 1, 2016