Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg discuss the current and popular topic of an eventual "return to normal" once COVID conditions are eventually behind us, ideally upon the attainment of an effective vaccine/treatment protocol. The irony, of course, is that there was nothing at all "normal" about financial conditions and desperate monetary policies pre-COVID, and certainly nothing "normal" in these same areas coming through and (out of) COVID going forward, as Matthew's data points remind us.
Egon, in turn, discusses the signals emanating from the gold and silver markets throughout this COVID arc, which has seen a continued and steady tailwind for precious metals in the backdrop of the entirely abnormal yet ongoing currency devaluation policies of the major central banks. Despite expected pullbacks in price action, the clear trend is positive for precious metals, which sophisticated investors hold primarily for wealth preservation purposes.
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.