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The current debt and asset deflation will not lead to a Japanese 1990’s  style deflationary period. It is more likely to lead to hyperinflation in the US, the UK and many other countries. H...

Egon von Greyerz / August 3, 2009

In this newsletter, we will outline what is likely to be the devastating effect of the credit bubbles, government money printing and the disastrous actions that governments are taking. Starting in the...

Egon von Greyerz / July 14, 2009

The only reason why there has been an air of optimism in the world economy in the last couple of months is that the bearers of these false rumours of recovery all have a vested interest. They are eith...

Egon von Greyerz / June 26, 2009

Take the following ingredients: And what do you get? A Banking system which: That, ladies and gentlemen, is the state of the world’s financial system today and that is why you need to protect yo...

Egon von Greyerz / June 12, 2009

“Don’t tell me what to buy, but tell me when to buy”! Back in 2002 we told investors to buy physical gold for up to 50% of their liquid assets. Since then gold is up between 220% and...

Egon von Greyerz / May 28, 2009

We have told investors that the rating of US and UK sovereign debt is a farce and that they both will be downgraded. Today, the UK is on its way to joining the PIGS countries as Standard and Poor̵...

Egon von Greyerz / May 21, 2009

This week there will be a meeting between G20 leaders and central bankers in London to save the world economy. Let us make it very clear – the meeting is bound to fail. There is no chance that t...

Egon von Greyerz / April 9, 2009

Gordon Brown has really surpassed himself in creative alchemy. He has turned $100 billion of G20 new commitments into $5 trillion of air! Take $100 billion of committed new money, add $500 billion of...

Egon von Greyerz / April 3, 2009

This week, there will be a meeting between G20 leaders and central bankers in London to save the world economy. Let us make it very clear – the meeting is bound to fail. There is no chance that...

Egon von Greyerz / March 30, 2009

The incitement to violence is gaining momentum, and the latest example is an article in the Daily Mail: Seize their Porches and throw them in jail! Shameless bankers are worse than the Train Robbers....

Egon von Greyerz / March 22, 2009

The Fed decided yesterday to spend another $ 1.15 trillion to try to save the financial system. They will spend $ 750 billion to buy mortgage-backed securities and $ 300 billion to buy long-term Treas...

Egon von Greyerz / March 19, 2009

Everything the world’s most successful hedge fund manager has touched in the last couple of years has turned to gold. Now he is also investing in gold. This will be the first of many fund purcha...

Egon von Greyerz / March 19, 2009