Financial crisis

Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg discuss the cold math of global debt and declining GDP. Given such facts, they address and explain the growing disconnect between a faltering global economy and central bank supported markets. Matthew and Egon then exchange thoughts on how it all ends.

Are we witnessing a movement of European bank mergers? Rumors have been circulating for several years about a merger between Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank or with BNP Paribas, between Société Générale and Unicredit, but nothing has happened so far. But lately several mergers have taken place.

You have seen this year incredible money creation around the world by central banks along with the massive debt increases. We are now entering into the exponential phase of this financial system. We are seeing unlimited money printing, helicopter money like Ben Bernanke called it. Then we are goi...

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.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway took a surprise stake in Barrick Gold earlier this year. The famed investor's endorsement could spur more investors to bet on the metal, NovaGold chairman Thomas Kaplan said on an earnings call this week. "He's made it safe for anyone interested in gold to be l...

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,...

Egon discusses economies “running on empty” for years on extreme budget deficits “paid for” by fiat currencies created out of thin air by increasingly desperate central banks. Of course, such monetary policies destroy currencies. Since the 1970’s, global currencies have gone down by well over 90%...

Central banks will not save the world, they can’t. Because how can you solve a debt problem with more worthless debt or how can you create wealth by issuing more debt. That Ponzi scheme is now finished for a very long time. Physical gold (and silver) will in the next few years reveal the total de...

In a bull market, there are systematically corrections of around -20% on gold and -30% on silver. The last correction is healthy and offers a new investment opportunity before the next upward phase.

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...