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Since the 2011 tops, precious metals investors have had their patience severely tested. Six years later, silver is down 66% from the $50 peak and gold 35% off the $1,920 peak. We mustn’t forget, of co...

Egon von Greyerz / May 26, 2017

“This is the new normal”! That is what a professional advisor stated at a recent family office conference in London after I had outlined the global risks due to the credit and asset bubbles. This is w...

Egon von Greyerz / May 4, 2017

How can ordinary people ever understand the importance of gold when they are continuously fed with false and distorted facts? The latest publication to publish false and ignorant propaganda on gold is...

Egon von Greyerz / April 22, 2017

There are lies, damned lies and news To paraphrase British Prime Minister Disraeli who said: “There are lies, damned lies and statistics. Today, we are fed with lies ubiquitously in the form of news,...

Egon von Greyerz / April 13, 2017

As we approach the beginning of the greatest wealth destruction in history, it is an absolute certainty that no one will escape the suffering that will be brought upon the world. The ones who will suf...

Egon von Greyerz / April 7, 2017

In the Roman calendar, the Ides of March was the same as March 15th in today’s calendar. This date was not significant until Julius Caesar was assassinated on 15 March 44BC. Shakespeare then coined th...

Egon von Greyerz / March 12, 2017

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

We have recently had some significant news about the sovereign gold market that makes the uncertainty even more unclear. Central banks and the BIS in Basel go to great lengths to tell the world absolu...

Egon von Greyerz / February 18, 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

The new US Administration has taken over with the conviction that they will “make America great again”. I really wish they will succeed because a strong US would be good for the world. Sadly, the odds...

Egon von Greyerz / January 27, 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