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Egon von Greyerz / September 14, 2016

Since Reagan came to power in 1981, the US has had a total of five presidents who have spent ever-increasing amounts of money to hang on to power and buy votes. This has resulted in the most extraordi...

Egon von Greyerz / September 9, 2016

Egon von Greyerz / September 7, 2016

Egon von Greyerz / September 6, 2016

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The financial world loves focusing on some future event that they think will change everything. There is always some economic data, an important me...

Egon von Greyerz / September 1, 2016

The fate of the global economy was decided decades ago as deficits, debts and derivatives started their exponential growth and reached the time bomb phase that we are now in. This final chapter of thi...

Egon von Greyerz / August 25, 2016

Egon von Greyerz / August 17, 2016

This coming autumn, we are likely to see the beginning of the hyperinflationary phase of the sovereign debt crisis. Hyperinflation normally hits an economy very quickly and unexpectedly and is the res...

Egon von Greyerz / August 16, 2016

Egon von Greyerz / August 10, 2016

Welcome to the wonderful world of illusions. This is a world where few people can see the difference between reality and fantasy. And maybe there is no difference. Just looking at the US election and...

Egon von Greyerz / August 9, 2016

In a world full of bubbles that will all burst, it is, of course, impossible to forecast which will be the first ones to cause havoc for the world economy. One of the biggest bubbles that would clearl...

Egon von Greyerz / February 4, 2016

In the aftermath of the US election, Brexit and increased market volatility, in this week’s audio interview, Egon talks about the end of an era of false wealth creation fuelled by corrupt govern...

Egon von Greyerz / January 12, 2016