Central banks

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.

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...

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.

In this keynote speech at the GAIC Virtual Gold Conference in Australia, Egon von Greyerz explains why the US economic crisis is worse than most people understand and that it has been going on for quite some time.

After three consecutive weeks of growth, Russian forex holdings have reached a total of $591.8 billion, according to the latest data released by the country’s central bank.

At some point when hyperinflation rules, the economy will turn down and the printed money will be totally worthless. At that point, stocks and gold will decouple and gold will continue up whilst stocks will fall or be stagnant.

Even the central banks are looking at the return of inflation, that's who should alert all savers and investors around the world. As a reminder, central banks were created in the 19th and early 20th centuries (for the Fed) in order to guarantee the value of the currency, i.e. to combat against pr...