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When Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall and took a big fall, “all the king’s horses and all the king’s men could not put Humpty-Dumpty together again.” I see a similar fate for the US debt egg, whose cr...

Matthew Piepenburg / June 11, 2023

We have hardly been the first nor the last to realize that rising rates “break things.” We’ve all seen the disastrous credit events in the repo crisis of late 2019, the UST debacle in March of 2020,...

Matthew Piepenburg / June 4, 2023

Below, we look at simple facts in the context of complex markets to underscore the dangerous direction of Fed-Speak and Fed policy. Keep It Simple, Stupid. The simple facts are clear to almost anyon...

Matthew Piepenburg / May 28, 2023

Below, we see why the USA is screwed. De-Dollarization: Downplaying the Obvious De-Dollarization is a real, all too real trend, though it is both fascinating and disturbing to see what is otherwise...

Matthew Piepenburg / May 21, 2023

Tectonic shifts lie ahead. These will involve a US and European debt crisis ending in a debt collapse, a precipitous fall of the dollar and the Euro with Gold emerging as a reserve asset but at multip...

Egon von Greyerz / May 15, 2023

Below we look at the math, history and current oil environment in the backdrop of a global debt crisis to better predict currency and gold market direction without the need of tarot cards.

Matthew Piepenburg / May 4, 2023

Most investors are totally ignorant of the purpose of gold or its historical significance.  After all, Gold is the only money that has survived in history but virtually nobody is aware of this vital...

Egon von Greyerz / April 29, 2023

From oil markets to treasury stacking, backdoor QE, investor fantasy and hedge fund prepping, it’s becoming more and more clear that the big boys are bracing for disaster as gold stretches its legs fo...

Matthew Piepenburg / April 23, 2023

The inevitable consequence of the current Global Debt Bubble will be the Bankruptcy of the financial system and many of its participants. The one Swiss and three US banks that just went under is just...

Egon von Greyerz / April 16, 2023

There is a good reason why the Chinese understand the saying “May you live in exciting times!” as a curse. Economic and (geo)political developments in recent weeks and months have indeed been exciting...

Ronnie Stoeferle / April 13, 2023