Egon’s Publications

Gordon Brown has really surpassed himself in creative alchemy. He has turned $100 billion of G20 new commitments into $5 trillion of air! Take $100 billion of committed new money, add $500 billion of...

Egon von Greyerz / April 3, 2009

This week, there will be a meeting between G20 leaders and central bankers in London to save the world economy. Let us make it very clear – the meeting is bound to fail. There is no chance that...

Egon von Greyerz / March 30, 2009

The incitement to violence is gaining momentum, and the latest example is an article in the Daily Mail: Seize their Porches and throw them in jail! Shameless bankers are worse than the Train Robbers....

Egon von Greyerz / March 22, 2009

The Fed decided yesterday to spend another $ 1.15 trillion to try to save the financial system. They will spend $ 750 billion to buy mortgage-backed securities and $ 300 billion to buy long-term Treas...

Egon von Greyerz / March 19, 2009

Everything the world’s most successful hedge fund manager has touched in the last couple of years has turned to gold. Now he is also investing in gold. This will be the first of many fund purcha...

Egon von Greyerz / March 19, 2009