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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...

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...

As with platinum, silver stocks available for delivery are accelerating their decline this week. This raid on COMEX precious metals stocks is also affecting gold. The rate at which stocks eligible for delivery are disappearing is accelerating.

After a three-week trial and more than eight days of deliberations, Michael Nowak and Gregg Smith were found guilty Wednesday by a federal jury, convicted in Chicago on charges they manipulated precious-metal markets for years.

The method of determining the price of gold is likely to change dramatically in the coming years. The importance of the physical metal is coming back to the forefront in the face of the imbalances created by the new geopolitical context and the difficulties linked to securing supplies.

What is the difference between gold and the companies that mine it? What is the profile of the mining companies? What are the different risks and performances associated with mining companies compared to the gold price? These are all questions that are essential to understanding the gold market.

What will gold in euros (EUR) do if this sharp entry into recession materializes? The resistance of €1,750, the previous high reached in 2020, has already been reached during gold's rebound last week. If gold breaks this level, we will likely be on our way to the all-time highs for gold in Euros,...

We are witnessing a major change on the geopolitical chessboard. Inflation is currency devaluation. Did you protect your wealth with enough physical gold and silver?

The volatility of the markets cannot hide the fact that the economic slowdown is now a fact. And it is especially in Europe that the end of the year is likely to be complicated. Under these conditions, gold serves as a safe haven. Physical demand figures continue to reach record highs. Fear of re...

The slowdown in the rise of the dollar, the oversold situation in metals and the high level of short positions should allow a pause in the correction phase of metals. For a true rebound to occur, the market must move from a macro approach to a realization of the reality of available physical inve...