Egon’s Publications

Critics of gold are quick to point out gold's underperformance over the last decade, but is this a fair criticism? It's easy to increase or decrease the performance of any asset by cherry-picking your...

Egon von Greyerz / October 6, 2021

In this compelling interview with Patrick Vierra of Silver Bullion TV, Matterhorn founder, Egon von Greyerz, bluntly addresses the forces of policy absurdity and the cyclical adversity now facing debt...

Egon von Greyerz / October 4, 2021

With each day bringing new signs of inflation and rates becoming more deeply negative, it's time to confront reality: The US is declaring a hidden bankruptcy. Its debts cannot be serviced, and markets...

Matthew Piepenburg / October 1, 2021

From ancient Sumer to the Roman, Spanish, and British empires, one truth has been immutable throughout human history: Debt destabilizes and destroys mighty nations. While technology, globalization, an...

Egon von Greyerz / September 29, 2021

In an environment where it seems every asset is reaching record highs and inflation is rampant, it is reasonable to ask: Why isn't gold absolutely ripping? The answer is complex, but be assured--pati...

Matthew Piepenburg / September 23, 2021

The everything bubble has persisted longer than most would have imagined, but signs are mounting of its pending exhaustion. World central banks and governments will no doubt act to save it as they hav...

Egon von Greyerz / September 22, 2021

In an economy of negative-yielding debt, high inflation, plummeting consumer confidence, and a crumbling culture, only one fact is certain: Nothing is real. Math can be disregarded, and numbers don't...

Matthew Piepenburg / September 14, 2021

The US' chaotic and embarrassing withdrawal from Afghanistan lays bare a reality that most now recognize: The US empire (and much of the western order) is dying. All the classic symptoms are present:...

Egon von Greyerz / September 10, 2021

In the post-pandemic world, signs of the death of paper money are everywhere, but the deeper one looks, the more evident and painfully predictable it becomes. Central banks are backed into a corner, a...

Matthew Piepenburg / September 2, 2021

Mountains of cash have been printed during the pandemic in the form of fiscal and monetary stimulus. Despite all the talk of public health and safety, these bailouts are about reanimating our sick and...

Matthew Piepenburg / August 27, 2021