Gold & Silver

As we approach the beginning of the greatest wealth destruction in history, it is an absolute certainty that no one will escape the suffering that will be brought upon the world. The ones who will suf...

Egon von Greyerz / April 7, 2017

The US owes the world 453,000 tonnes of gold which is almost 3 times all the gold ever produced in history. Whilst market observers worry about what the Fed will do next or the health bill, nobody see...

Egon von Greyerz / March 30, 2017

Western Central Banks have a real knack for timing the sale of their gold reserves. They are absolute experts when it comes to picking the bottom of the gold market. Central banks in the UK, Switzerla...

Egon von Greyerz / February 24, 2017

We have recently had some significant news about the sovereign gold market that makes the uncertainty even more unclear. Central banks and the BIS in Basel go to great lengths to tell the world absolu...

Egon von Greyerz / February 18, 2017

Investors in most countries make the mistake of measuring their returns based on their home market and their domestic currency. This might have worked when they only had access to their local investme...

Egon von Greyerz / February 2, 2017

The new US Administration has taken over with the conviction that they will “make America great again”. I really wish they will succeed because a strong US would be good for the world. Sadly, the odds...

Egon von Greyerz / January 27, 2017

2017 has just started but some longer-term trend changes already seem to develop. It is interesting how a new year combined with a new US president act as a catalyst for what will be the start of monu...

Egon von Greyerz / January 12, 2017

“Inflation” is guaranteed in the next few years. We will see in-flation, stag-flation, hyperinflation and de-flation. Many of these flations will happen simultaneously. Currently we have major monetar...

Egon von Greyerz / December 16, 2016

There is a total misunderstanding of the role of gold and why it is so critical to own physical gold. Gold should not be bought or sold based on rumours or events. In connection with the US election,...

Egon von Greyerz / November 18, 2016

Money printing and debt are just the most beautiful schemes invented by governments to make ends meet and give the people whatever they want. In this perfect system, it makes not the slightest differe...

Egon von Greyerz / November 7, 2016

There are a lot of people who are concerned about the performance of gold and the fact that the price after four years of correction is still so far from the high. The mistake that most people make is...

Egon von Greyerz / October 21, 2016

The selling of gold we saw last week was another desperate attack by the BIS and some central banks, together with the bullion banks, to manipulate the gold market lower. We saw over 40% of annual pro...

Egon von Greyerz / October 14, 2016