Egon’s Publications

Debt destroys nations, financial systems, markets, and currencies. Always and every time. The inflationary financial system is now failing because its debt levels have rendered it impotent to grow eco...

Matthew Piepenburg / March 30, 2022

We are now at the end of an era of economic and moral decadence in a debt infested world built on false values, fake money and abysmal leadership. All hell will break loose, and the consequences will...

Egon von Greyerz / March 22, 2022

As the world focused keenly on Ukraine, few noticed the extent and magnitude to which the entire world financial system changed overnight. The consequences of this titanic shift are difficult to overs...

Matthew Piepenburg / March 16, 2022

With the war in Ukraine raging, western sanctions against Russia are setting off a commodity crisis the likes of which this generation has never seen. In the face of an already-faltering financial sys...

Egon von Greyerz / March 7, 2022

Taken as a whole, all the chest puffing—from Boris to Biden—ignore the colder realities of the USD’s teetering reserve status, oil market realism (and inflation), Sino-Russian chess skills and record-...

Matthew Piepenburg / March 2, 2022

As the world continues to keep its eyes on Ukraine, Matthew Piepenburg and Egon von Greyerz sit down to discuss the unfolding situation as well as one of the most surprising developments of all: Switz...

Egon von Greyerz / March 1, 2022

As Russia invades Ukraine, Egon von Greyerz sits down with Lynette Zang to discuss the conflict, its implications, and what it means for gold investors and the global economy. Whatever the ultimate ou...

Egon von Greyerz / February 25, 2022

Trudeau has given himself the right to seize bank accounts, but there is no reason why he wouldn’t go further and grab other assets, such as stocks or the content of bank deposit boxes--including gold...

Egon von Greyerz / February 23, 2022

One of gold’s many attributes is its historical honesty, and as far as we see it, as gold rises, it calls “BS” on the recent tough-talk from on high. Markets, for example, expected gold to fall hundre...

Matthew Piepenburg / February 18, 2022

In a free market, without manipulation, the cost of borrowing after the Great Recession would have risen to the levels in 1980-81 i.e. near 20%. Instead, the Fed Wizards are performing their hocus poc...

Egon von Greyerz / February 9, 2022