Fiat Money

Fake money has created a totally uneven playing field for most ordinary people. Money used to represent a medium of exchange that would facilitate bartering. Instead of exchanging goods or services, p...

Egon von Greyerz / August 10, 2017

Over the last 150 years, the West has gone from human slavery to debt slavery. Slavery was officially outlawed in most countries between the mid 1800s and early 1900s. In the British Empire, it was ab...

Egon von Greyerz / August 4, 2017

Hubris is a deadly sin. It is an arrogance and conceit of the highest degree that eventually leads to failure. As we reach the final stages of the current economic cycle, hubris is prevalent everywher...

Egon von Greyerz / June 19, 2017

The most expensive investment anyone can buy today is paper gold. For $1,260, an investor will get a piece of paper saying he owns 1 ounce of gold. But he is unlikely to ever see that gold. Firstly, m...

Egon von Greyerz / May 18, 2017

To ride a bull market is like climbing a wall of worry. Most of the time, the market seems to be consolidating or correcting. The bull market in gold fits that picture perfectly. It started in 1999 at...

Egon von Greyerz / April 28, 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