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Silver as a distinct asset class should be considered as a strategic investment allocation within a global multi-asset portfolio, according to new research by Oxford Economics, a leading independent economic advisory firm. The firm finds that investors would benefit from an average 4-6 percent si...

Willem Middelkoop joins us to discuss the possibility of another 20-30% drop in the stock market. We also talk about the energy crisis happening in Euro and how this will affect its economy. Furthermore, we talk about physical silver, the US dollar stepping down as the World reserve currency, and...

The dollar's good shape is in stark contrast to other major currencies, but paper currencies are all plagued by the insidious evil of inflation. The dollar is doing well at the moment, but as the saying goes, "In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king".

The exponential rise of the dollar combined with the collapse of the sovereign debt bond market has created an unprecedented risk for the entire financial system. It is in this context that the holding of physical gold outside the banking system, the ultimate insurance against these risks, finds...

Before the deflationary implosion, the world will experience the most epic money printing and debt creating bonanza in history. That will mark the last desperate attempt by central banks and governments to solve a debt problem with more worthless debt.

The Fed's first mistake was to miss the start of inflation. We may now be witnessing the second mistake: in trying to create a useful recession to fight inflation, the US central bank is ignoring the unprecedented and irreversible impoverishment that the sudden rise in rates threatens to create.

A common African gold currency is a way to effectively achieve monetary and thus economic independence. That being so, this article presents the nilar, a pan-African gold currency.

The bond issue risks complicating the liquidity of the US Treasury market.The risk is that they will lose their status as a reserve asset, which would create a systemic risk. The confidence in the value of US debt is at stake. In this perspective, the purchase of physical gold becomes very import...

How does the price of gold coordinate the players in the gold market? Investors, miners, central banks, funds, individuals, etc. How has the behavior of each of these agents been historically influenced by the price of gold? This question is rarely asked by market specialists and yet deserves to...

In this brief interview with Wall Street Silver, Egon von Greyerz discusses US and global markets, precious metal pricing and the inevitable rise in hard assets as global economies and currencies soften in a backdrop of rising rate insanity and increasing risk.

The current crisis clearly marks the borderline between two qualities of assets: those that offer a capacity to store energy and therefore protect against its volatility (precious metals) and those that impose, on the contrary, a dependence on fluctuating costs and threaten to transform a simple...

In the context of a real estate bubble, economic slowdown and geopolitical conflicts, the Chinese central bank, more commonly known as the People's Bank of China, has just decided on a new rate cut. The Middle Kingdom is entering a new reality.

All sectors of the economy, individuals, companies, banks, local governments etc will be in need of financial support of a magnitude never before seen in history. But remember that what governments and central banks are doing will add ZERO intrinsic value to the economy. Instead they are creatin...

The accurate measurement of inflation is particularly important in the current period. Prices are slipping at levels not seen in decades. Households and businesses need to have the best possible perception of this in order to adjust their behavior. Unfortunately, national statistical institutes t...

The last few physical silver bars are being snapped up on the COMEX. Under these conditions, we should experience a situation identical to that of 2020, with problems securing supply on the silver market. The current supply disruption is also a repercussion of the monetary shock imposed by the Fed.

Egon von Greyerz says massive money printing and huge amounts of unpayable debt will lead to a monster financial meltdown soon. The era of Shangri-la and money printing and saving the world by fake money—that era is totally gone.

While the daily manipulations of the bullion banks allow a few participants to make substantial gains in the derivatives markets, the BRICs continue to get their hands on most of the available physical gold stocks, led by China.

The history of money is several thousand years old. But do we know its evolution? How was it created? How does it work? Its influence? The questions that revolve around this social link are of little interest to the average person. Yet money structures our economic and political models.

Government officials speak of a "peak" in inflation... But inflation is here to stay, because its causes are still present: the money printing of central banks to finance budget deficits, the energy transition which increases the price of electricity, the ill-considered sanctions taken against Ru...

Russia proposes a new international standard for trading in precious metals: the Moscow World Standard (MWS) which will become an alternative to the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) which systematically manipulates precious metals markets to depress prices. According to Russia’s Finance M...