Financial crisis

This is the paradox of this unprecedented situation: the collapse of demand is leading speculators to open bearish positions on metals, at the very moment when the energy crisis is threatening available stocks!

As public debt in the eurozone approaches 12 trillion (95.6% of GDP), the single European currency has never been so threatened by structural instabilities. On the one hand, the ECB's key interest rate changes are increasingly inappropriate for such a differentiated monetary union. On the other h...

What if the fight against stagflation is only just beginning? Gold is the safe haven asset par excellence in case stagflation takes hold, especially since the supply of physical gold is decreasing.

To cope with historically high inflation, central banks are gradually ending "free money." The era of abundant liquidity seems over. But for how long? The consequences of a normalization of monetary policies are already being felt in the markets. However, monetary institutions do not seem to be r...

With most asset classes falling rapidly, the world is now approaching calamities of a proportion not seen before in history. What few investors realise is that this is the mere beginning. Before this bear market is over, the world will see 75-90% falls of stocks, bonds and other assets. For the f...

Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg, swap thoughts on the bearish decline of U.S. risk assets along side an equally painful rise in inflationary forces.

The intensity of the bond market's decline is unprecedented. Bloomberg's Aggregate Index, which measures a basket of more than 28,000 bonds, has lost more than 15% since the beginning of the year, a drop not seen since the 1970s.

Gold is known for its rarity and reliability. However, the usefulness of gold has not ceased to evolve over the last few centuries. Both an object of desire and speculation, gold has experienced several panics synonymous with crashes or price explosions. In the 19th century, financial markets wer...

Inflation is here to stay. But the question now is: can it degenerate into hyperinflation?

Gold is logically regaining its stable monetary value in an increasingly tense geopolitical context, at a time when the energy future of the European continent poses many questions and when the risks of stagflation have never been so great since the Second World War.