Inflation

Gradually, the myth of infinite growth is dying out. China is discovering that the continuous and harmful accumulation of debt will eventually pay off because debt has a procyclical effect, the countries of the Middle East and Russia (among others) understand their dependence on a naturally limit...

As the US government's difficulties in financing its debt increase, the central banks of other countries are increasing their purchases of physical gold. The ultimate value of the yellow metal is gradually being realized. Gold is once again becoming the ultimate insurance against default.

2022 will have confirmed our expectations. The price of gold has (so far) remained broadly stable with sharp movements linked in particular to the war in Ukraine. However, as we have shown, these movements are symmetrical with the past evolution of gold prices. Although the year 2022 is not over,...

The global travelling circus is now reaching ever more nations just as expected. This is right on cue at the end of the most extraordinary financial bubble era in history. It is obviously debt creation, money printing and the resulting currency debasement which creates the inevitable fall of yet...

Energy crisis in Europe, monetary policy in Japan, situation in China: black swans follow one another. Gold is taking advantage of the dollar's decline to breathe a little.

As central banks’ interventions continue to increase, the volatility in all markets is not going to go away! Under these conditions, how can we be surprised to see more and more investors seeking the stability of an investment in physical gold in order to regain some serenity in a financial world...

Therefore today is not the time for greed, hoping that markets will grow to the sky. Instead, now is the time for wealth preservation and protecting what you have. Otherwise, wealth which has been acquired over several decades could easily evaporate in the next few years.

As the constraints of rationing, loss of purchasing power and taxation of wealth loom large, this situation is reminiscent of the 1930s and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's confiscation of gold.

In this video, Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg, discuss a range of current yet undeniably important as well as converging themes. This, of course, includes the significance of the most recent “Lehman moment” at Credit Suisse in the backdrop of falling markets, imploding currencies, steady...

Instead of tackling the two problems of the 2008 crisis, debt and speculation, the zero interest rate policy has aggravated the problem by further inflating the debt bubble and increasing speculation. And since the bursting of the bubble concerns mainly public debt and not private debt, the crisi...