As we enter the new year - and new decade - we do so with a distinct sense of optimism: fundamentals are supporting the beginning of a new b

According to Frank R. Suess, CEO and Chairman of wealth management group BFI Capital Group AG, the re-acceleration of the global economy wil

For quite a few years, a vicious war has been waged right before our eyes. It’s fierce and it matters to everyone. We’re not talking about t

Gold prices rose about 18% in 2019, realizing their best year since 2010. With gold starting to break out, more and more buyers are coming i

Have you heard? There’s trouble in the repo markets. Even casual investment market participants probably know that something’s amiss. While

The latest Outlook published by the BlackRock Investment Institute has received some attention. According to the report, powerful structural

For the last couple of months, Lebanon has been regularly in the news as the relentless protests in the country steadily spread, escalated a

In a recent note, Goldman analysts said the case for diversifying into gold is “as strong as ever”. According to an article by Reuters, publ

As another year is approaching its end, we’d like to share some of our thoughts on what we can expect in 2020 and on how to prepare for the

While the Western media appears fixated on the Trump impeachment spectacle, many missed the big news of the launching ceremony for the China

Economists, conservative investors and market observers have been issuing stern warnings for years regarding the severe impact of the curren

As some of our clients have been asking whether Hong Kong is still a safe storage location for their metals, we decided to outline our thoug

Gold is in consolidation. And it’s looking unbelievably strong. I have rarely been this optimistic: a more bullish-looking asset. And I have

In one of our blog articles in October, we took a closer look at the “repo market incident” that caused the Fed to start pumping billions in

In an interview with Frank Suess, Jeff Nabers of the Nabers Group asked Frank to comment in a simple and understandable way on a number of q

A lot of investors and market observers were taken by surprise when Facebook first announced its plans to launch its own digital currency, L

It is remarkable how change can creep up on us sometimes. Incremental improvements and minor tweaks in products and services we use every da

The socioeconomic and political changes we’ve witnessed over the past decade have all but ensured that the next recession is going to be qui

Nobody seemed to be paying much attention to the recent Federal Reserve bailouts in the US banking system over the past two weeks. Within a

As we enter the later stages of the current economic cycle, the importance of effective portfolio diversification and defensive positioning