Central banks

Most pension funds are massively underfunded and the amount they are underfunded by is absolutely astounding. We are looking at a staggering $400 trillion gap by 2050 according to the World Economic Forum.

We seldom hear about the risk of a major financial crisis if rates were to rise – almost never within the official networks and mainstream media. One has to listen to independent “marginal” economists outside the banks or universities, such as our own Egon von Greyerz, or Olivier Delamarche, Bill Bo...

Risk means that you can lose part or all of the investment. Normally valuations take risk into account. But is the world really valuing the following risks accurately.

The coming gold and silver moves in the next few months will really surprise most investors as market volatility increases substantially.

Physical gold is about to mark its return at the center of the settlement system for oil transactions – a first step toward a reintroduction at the center of the international monetary system.

The opportunity to purchase gold and silver at reasonable prices is soon ending. There just won’t be enough gold to satisfy the coming demand.

Silver is currently trading around $17 an ounce. This is around 34% of its 1980 all-time high of $50. However, this is an incomplete representation of what silver is really trading at, relative to US dollars. When you look at the silver price, relative to US currency (the amount of actual US dollars...

Last week featured two unusual stories on gold — one strange and the other truly weird. These stories explain why gold is not just money but is the most politicized form of money.

The risk of a major war is now very high. The dilemma is that this is just one of many problems with potentially catastrophic consequences that the world is currently facing.

A 1988 edition of The Economist magazine predicted a world currency by the year 2018.