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The news is marked by the crisis of confidence in the entire cryptocurrency sector after the spectacular fall of the FTX exchange platform. The reaction of the markets to the consequences of the crypto crash may therefore prove difficult to read. The other event of the week was the release of the...

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.

Central banks bought a record 399 tonnes of gold worth around $20 billion in the third quarter of 2022, helping to lift global demand for the metal, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Tuesday.

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.

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.

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...

The equity market is very bearish, the bond market is in a critical situation and the sovereign debt is no longer a safe haven. Let's not talk about the housing market, which is hurt by rising mortgage rates. Nor cash, which is being devoured by inflation. What is left ? Gold and silver, of course!