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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

The fate of the global economy was decided decades ago as deficits, debts and derivatives started their exponential growth and reached the time bomb phase that we are now in. This final chapter of thi...

Egon von Greyerz / August 25, 2016

Welcome to the wonderful world of illusions. This is a world where few people can see the difference between reality and fantasy. And maybe there is no difference. Just looking at the US election and...

Egon von Greyerz / August 9, 2016

Some investors are disappointed as gold only went up 7% in USD in 2012. After having compounded at over 19% p.a. over 11 years, gold certainly should be allowed to just gain 7% without some people cal...

Egon von Greyerz / January 17, 2013

The more things change, the more they stay the same No, nothing new. More QE and gold go down. In addition,  another downpour of economic news confirms the total inability of central banks and governm...

Egon von Greyerz / December 19, 2012

Egon von Greyerz / October 9, 2012

The precious metals markets have now been going sideways for around 7 months. No investors like corrections, but in all bull markets, there will always be periods when the price corrects. Some of thes...

Egon von Greyerz / May 11, 2012

With most of the world’s major economies as well as the financial system bankrupt, there is only one solution that can save the world economy. Like in the Greek tragedies, Deus ex Machina is now the o...

Egon von Greyerz / December 6, 2011

Happy days are here again! Stock markets are strong, company profits are up, bankers are making record profits and bonuses, unemployment is declining, and inflation is non-existent. Obama and Bernanke...

Egon von Greyerz / March 6, 2011