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Kristalina Giorgieva, current IMF director, gave a speech on October 15, which bore the promising title of "A New Bretton Woods Moment".

Gold is a political metal. “Whoever has the gold makes the rules,” as the saying goes. Because gold serves as the backstop of the international financial system, the global distribution of gold influences the balance of power. This is true for gold ownership, but it also applies to storage locati...

The history of gold bull markets (1971–80 and 1999–2011) shows that the most powerful gains come toward the end of the bull market, not at the beginning.

In this interview Egon von Greyerz answers viewer questions. Gold continues to correct, but mining shares send positive signals. China and Russia are buying a lot of gold and their power is growing. Do they even have 100,000 tons of gold each? A well-connected author asserts this. Digital currenc...

If the IMF does not speak (for the moment) directly about using physical gold in this new system, the institution has however just announced that a new "Bretton Woods" was necessary to manage the post-crisis period and to restructure the debt of the G20 countries.

In this interview, Egon von Greyerz speaks to Tom Bodrovics from Palisade Radio about the cyclical and repetitive nature of the current economic situation and shares his concerns about increasing debt and central banks’ response.

With gold and silver prices correcting, as they have been doing for several weeks, I like to reread this article by American analyst, Lyn Alden, which explains the four fundamental reasons to continue to own gold in 2020.

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.

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,...

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.