Central banks

Central banks have built up their gold reserves by more than 4,500 tons over the past decade, according to the World Gold Council, the international research organization of the gold industry. As of September, the reserves totaled roughly 36,000 tons, the largest since 1990 and up 15% from a deca...

Tavi Costa joins Wall Street Silver to explain the lack of investment going into the commodity sector. Underinvestment for many years is leading to a supply cliff for Gold, Silver, Copper and many other commodities. Most of the money is going into unprofitable tech companies. This positions the c...

If the awareness of the reality of the physical market kicks in at the same time as a change in sentiment among the institutional investors on inflation, 2022 risks being an explosive year in the precious metals sector.

There is now too much debt in the economy, everywhere and at too high a level. The room for maneuver of central banks is considerably narrower...

Prudence tells us to get out of bubble assets like stocks, bonds and speculative property. Once the fall starts, these assets are likely to lose 90% or more in real terms which means against gold. Own physical gold and some silver (much more volatile). That will be your insurance against a rotten...

Never has the proof of inflation been so tangible, and yet increasing numbers of fund managers are betting on this rise in prices being transitory, encouraged, admittedly, by the reassuring narrative coming from the monetary authorities. It is not the first time that the Fed has bet on its moneta...

In this year-end chat, Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg, round up 2021 by discussing the critical issues leading us into the new year.

This chart tells us that either stocks are too expensive or commodities are very cheap despite the recent rise.

Each passing week now brings a new figure on inflation which shows us that the price rise movement initiated this fall is becoming increasingly out of control.

Given the counterparty risk in grossly bloated risk assets, derivative markets, banking systems, currency markets and sovereign balance sheets, gold is no longer a debate but a necessity. Fortunately, gold is currently priced at valuation levels which have never been more opportune. Toward this e...