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Are we witnessing a movement of European bank mergers? Rumors have been circulating for several years about a merger between Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank or with BNP Paribas, between Société Générale and Unicredit, but nothing has happened so far. But lately several mergers have taken place.

You have seen this year incredible money creation around the world by central banks along with the massive debt increases. We are now entering into the exponential phase of this financial system. We are seeing unlimited money printing, helicopter money like Ben Bernanke called it. Then we are goi...

The Chinese understand the long game and they have infinite patience. They have always known that they never needed to attack the US, financially or militarily. Because China has invariably understood that the US would self-destruct.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway took a surprise stake in Barrick Gold earlier this year. The famed investor's endorsement could spur more investors to bet on the metal, NovaGold chairman Thomas Kaplan said on an earnings call this week. "He's made it safe for anyone interested in gold to be l...

A British appeals court ruled in favor of the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro, and said the legal fight over the future of $1 billion in gold stored in the vaults of the Bank of England should be reconsidered.

The main factor is the distrust of currencies; central banks are running their money printing presses at full speed, whereas with the recession due to the coronavirus, the production of real goods is falling. In this case, what is money worth? What are the major currencies, the dollar, the euro,...

Egon discusses economies “running on empty” for years on extreme budget deficits “paid for” by fiat currencies created out of thin air by increasingly desperate central banks. Of course, such monetary policies destroy currencies. Since the 1970’s, global currencies have gone down by well over 90%...

With Election Day just five weeks away, investors are growing increasingly fearful of a contested presidential election—and UBS is the latest Wall Street firm to warn about increased stock market volatility telling clients to buy safe-haven assets like gold.

Central banks will not save the world, they can’t. Because how can you solve a debt problem with more worthless debt or how can you create wealth by issuing more debt. That Ponzi scheme is now finished for a very long time. Physical gold (and silver) will in the next few years reveal the total de...

In a bull market, there are systematically corrections of around -20% on gold and -30% on silver. The last correction is healthy and offers a new investment opportunity before the next upward phase.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is poised to pay close to $1 billion to resolve market manipulation investigations by U.S. authorities into its trading of metals futures and Treasury securities, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

Gold will fall hundreds of Dollars on its way to $5000, $10,000 or more. It's crucial to be mentally prepared.

Investments in precious metals by Russian banks increased in August, reaching almost $7.4 billion (568 billion rubles), data released by the country’s central bank (CBR) showed.

The combination of institutional gold buying and private buying will drive the gold price to levels that few can imagine.

On a day where real yields are spiking, seemingly sparking a degrossing in gold futures, we found it rather noptable that BofA's Global Commodities Research team publish a note highlighting the fact that recent flow data suggests that paper gold is no longer as important as it used to be.

Quarterly charts show the bigger trend. Even if silver fell another 25%, it wouldn't alter the huge bullish set-up here.

The ECB is substituting for the market. It's simpler that way, no need to convince investors, you print money and it's done. In this scenario, we are de facto witnessing the merger of the Treasury and the Central Bank: the financing of the government's deficit is directly connected to the printin...

In this recent interview with SBTV (Silver Bullion Television), Matterhorn Asset Management founder, Egon von Greyerz, places his seminal focus on risk management in the specific context of precious metals. Egon begins with a father-of-the-bride speech given in 2002, in which he encouraged guests...

The historical relationship between silver and the stock market provides great insight as to where we are currently in this cycle. Traditionally, the best part of silver rallies come after a significant Dow peak.

In this second MAM Chat, Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg swap thoughts on the seductive yet dangerous 2020 market melt-up. Not surprisingly, all patterns point toward the case for precious metals.