Global Debt

In 1988, the UK magazine, The Economist forecast that 2018 would be the year of a new currency which they named the Phoenix. Quite a mind boggling prediction 30 years ago really, especially since 2018...

Egon von Greyerz / December 21, 2017

What will happen between now and 2025? Nobody knows of course but I will later in this article have a little peek into the next 4-8 years. The concentration of wealth in the world has now reached dan...

Egon von Greyerz / November 17, 2017

The facts just don’t add up. US wages are falling, trade deficit is at 10 year high, debt is surging so are stocks and the US Government has again managed to publish a number of contradicting employme...

Egon von Greyerz / November 9, 2017

Inflation is coming and it will have a major effect on the world economy and financial markets. This is one of the factors that will drive gold to levels which few can imagine today. Later in this pie...

Egon von Greyerz / October 6, 2017

“Risk involves the chance an investment’s actual return will differ from the expected return. Risk includes the possibility of losing some or all of the original investment.” (Investopedia) So there w...

Egon von Greyerz / September 15, 2017

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