Egon sees the 2008 Global Financial Crisis as only a 'rehearsal' and that the real economic crisis is not far away. He also expects the gold silver ratio to go down to 30 as a result of silver prices rising three times faster than gold in the coming years.
Discussed in this interview:04:54 Gold is the best form of insurance11:27 Swiss attitude towards gold14:55 Switzerland refining LBMA gold bars into kilo bars16:48 Central bank gold gone22:31 Driver for higher gold prices since 201928:59 The real price of gold31:46 Importance of holding physical gold35:46 Have wealth outside the financial system
Egon von Greyerz is founder and Managing Partner of Matterhorn Asset Management AG & GoldSwitzerland. Since the 1990s Egon von Greyerz has been actively involved with financial investment activities including mergers and acquisitions and asset allocation consultancy for private family funds. This led to the creation of Matterhorn Asset Management, an asset management company based on wealth preservation principles. MAM is part of the Aquila Group, Switzerland's largest independent asset management group. Von Greyerz makes regular media appearances on CNBC, BBC, etc. and publishes articles on the world economy and wealth preservation.