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In a pre-election trip to DC and the Big Apple, it was clear to everyone with whom I spoke that, “Trump was never gonna win, period.” A month later, he won. These were pretty clever folks, so why were...

Matthew Piepenburg / December 15, 2024

Piepenburg rolls up his sleeves with a blunt assessment of BTC’s so-called “digital gold” slogan, which, based on the very definitional elements of money and the mathematical elements of volatility, c...

Matthew Piepenburg / December 13, 2024

As we approach what usually should be a blissful holiday period, the treacherous path the world is now on does not bode well for 2025 and beyond.

Egon von Greyerz / December 9, 2024

The combination of Eastern/Southern Central Bank gold buying and all CBS replacing their dollar reserves with gold will lead to unprecedented demand for gold for many years. More gold cannot satisfy t...

Egon von Greyerz / November 26, 2024

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