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Needless to say, Donald Trump recently won the US election, and as JFK Jr. said of this “impolitic” figure, a “revolution” is coming. Depending on one’s politics, such a “revolution” is either music...

Matthew Piepenburg / November 17, 2024

There is a fine line between happiness and misery, as Dickens describes in David Copperfield. Copperfield’s landlord, Mr Micawber, was just on the wrong side of happiness by six pence.  In a rece...

Egon von Greyerz / November 4, 2024

There Are Two Americas… This observation goes beyond the partisan divide of a polarized nation heading toward a polarized election. The deeper, irrevocable rift lies beyond left vs. right. Quite sim...

Matthew Piepenburg / October 27, 2024

Has the gold price reached its peak, or is it in a bubble similar to the early 1980s? Is a significant correction on the horizon, or are there strong reasons to believe that gold is not yet extremely...

Ronnie Stoeferle / October 15, 2024

Yet our army is shrinking while the navy is decommissioning warships faster than new ones can be built, our Air Force has stagnated in size, and only a fraction of the force is available for combat on...

Egon von Greyerz / October 10, 2024

In an insightful interview, Jonny Haycock, Partner at VON GREYERZ, explores critical topics shaping the global financial landscape and the signals family offices must not ignore.

Jonny Haycock / September 26, 2024

As a polarized U.S. marches toward a political, financial, and perhaps even military crossroads in the closing months 2024, many feel what George Lukas might otherwise describe as a “disturbance in th...

Matthew Piepenburg / September 20, 2024

Left, right or center, our policy makers - from parliaments and executive branches to central banks and think tanks - have taken the world closer to war, immigration disasters, infrastructure failures...

Matthew Piepenburg / September 8, 2024

It was always inevitable that the GOLD price would reach $ 1 million! So, now we are there. The price for a 400-ounce gold bar has now reached $ 1 million. It reached $ 1 million on August 16, 2024 &#...

Egon von Greyerz / August 30, 2024

Is democracy dying? Pride Cometh Before the Fall Many years ago, the American political scientist, Francis Fukuyama, prematurely declared the victory both of liberal democracy and free-market capitali...

Matthew Piepenburg / August 18, 2024