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To own gold is not climbing a wall of worry. For anyone who understands the problems that the world is now facing, physical gold ownership gives peace of mind and the best insurance that money can buy...

Egon von Greyerz / March 3, 2017

Western Central Banks have a real knack for timing the sale of their gold reserves. They are absolute experts when it comes to picking the bottom of the gold market. Central banks in the UK, Switzerla...

Egon von Greyerz / February 24, 2017

Buy high and sell low, that is the mantra of many stock market investors. When a stock or a market reaches a new high, the average investor turns even more bullish. That is also the point when the med...

Egon von Greyerz / February 10, 2017

Investors in most countries make the mistake of measuring their returns based on their home market and their domestic currency. This might have worked when they only had access to their local investme...

Egon von Greyerz / February 2, 2017

For most investors, there is only one asset class on the horizon. Whether it is the professional or private investor, when they consider investing, stocks will always be first on their list. And if we...

Egon von Greyerz / January 21, 2017

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