GOLD WILL NOT GO UP IN THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS
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"How much do I stand to lose?" This is what Egon wants investors to ponder.
In this video, he mentions why the right question to ask about gold isn't simply about the price. He also covers how currencies have already lost most of their value and why physical gold and silver may be the only real protection left.
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The speaker argues that the current monetary era is ending due to exponential money printing and accumulated deficits, which will cause all major fiat currencies to collapse toward zero and bubble assets (stocks, bonds, property) to lose 50-90% of their real value within years, making physical gold and silver the only reliable wealth preservation.
- All major fiat currencies have lost 97-99% of their value since 1910-1971, following a mathematical pattern of exponential growth that accelerates in the final stages
- Money printing has grown exponentially since 1971 (Nixon closing gold window), mirroring the collapse of the German mark in Weimar (100 to 100 trillion in gold terms)
- Gold has risen 130x since 1971 while paper assets remain vulnerable, and this is only the beginning of the currency devaluation cycle
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The German mark valued in gold went from 100 to 100 trillion, with the biggest move happening at the very end, showing that exponential money printing produces exponentially accelerating devaluation.
“this is why you could see, as I've shown before, this previous slide, the mark valued in gold went from 100 to 100 trillion and the biggest move happened at the very end of 2023.”
The root cause of repeated monetary system collapses throughout history is exponential growth: when money printing reaches exponential stages, the currency collapses extremely rapidly in the final phase (the last 5 minutes of a 50-minute stadium-filling process).
“it's really combination of of math and science and it's called exponential growth. So, I show here a stadium which is filled with water. First one drop and then after a minute two drops and then it doubles four, eight, etc. And then the question is how long does it take for the stadium to fill? Some people will say, 'Well, it depends on the size of the stadium.' Well, it doesn't really because even if the stadium is double the size, it might take another second to fill it. So, the stadium actually fills in 50 minutes, but it's in the final 5 minutes approximately that it goes from 7% full to 100% full.”
This pattern of monetary system collapse and currency devaluation is not new but has happened repeatedly throughout history without fail at the end of every single monetary era.
“This is nothing new. It's happened time and time again in history, because when it comes to the end of a monetary era, so much money has been printed, so such big deficits have been accumulated, and the only solution is sadly a collapse of the monetary system, which of course has happened without fail in every single monetary era.”
Gold has gone up 130 times since 1971, but this is just the beginning, as demonstrated by the exponential growth of US money supply (M2) since 1972, which continues to grow exponentially.
“And now, as I said, gold has gone up 130 times since 1971, and that's just the beginning. Why does gold go up? Well, just you can look at the graph of money supply. Here, for example, is the US money supply M2. That's also growing exponentially since 1972.”
Most major currencies have lost 97-99% of their value in the last 50, 70 years, or since the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913.
“We are now looking at the end of this currency era, an era where most currencies have gone down by 97 to 99% in the last 50, 70 years, or even since the creation of the Fed in 1913.”
Nixon lied when he said the dollar would be worth as much in the future as it was at the time of the gold window closure in 1971, as the dollar has actually lost 99% of its value since then.
“Nixon lied when he said that the dollar will be worth as much in the future as it is today. Well, that was clearly nonsense, because the dollar lost 99% of its value since then.”
After World War I, Germany accumulated major war reparations that it could never repay, so the government printed money to cover them, which destroyed the currency totally. The German mark went from 100 in 1919 to over 100 trillion in 2023 when measured in gold terms.
“In the 1920s. Germany had major war reparations after the First World War. Debts that they could never, of course, repay. The solution was for Germany was to print money, and of course, that destroyed the currency totally, and we see here the example of the German mark going in gold terms, and gold, remember, measures real money, money that is always maintaining its purchasing power. So, the mark price of gold went from 100 in 1919 to over 100 trillion in 2023.”
Gold has risen 130 times in US dollar terms since 1971 when Nixon closed the gold window, and this represents the beginning of the currency devaluation cycle, not the end.
“At that time, gold was fixed at $35 an ounce, and Nixon basically decided that we can't afford to keep the dollar pegged to gold. Instead, we want to be able to issue unlimited credit, which they started. And the whole world started at the same time. And this is why, as I said, the currency has gone down by 99% since 1971. Now, you can see the the corresponding rise in gold during this era. Gold is actually up 130 times in US dollars since 1971.”
Gold rose from $35 per ounce to $850 per ounce between 1970 and 1980, followed by a 20-year correction, and then another big move upward, with central banks (UK, Switzerland, Canada, Norway) selling gold at the bottom around 2000 before the recent appreciation.
“Now, you can see the the corresponding rise in gold during this era. Now, we look at gold then from 1970 to 1980, when it went up from $35 to $850. And a long correction, 20 years. And then another big move, and we moved into gold at that time, at the beginning of 2000, when all the central banks, as you can see here on the graph, the central banks were selling gold at the very bottom. The UK did, the Switzerland did, Canada sold all of its gold, Norway sold all of its gold.”
Gold is not actually going up in real terms; rather, it is the value of paper money that is going down. Gold maintains constant purchasing power, so asking 'What price will gold reach?' is an irrelevant question.
“But, you know, let's turn the chart around again and ask, 'Is gold really going up?' No, it isn't. You know, it is the value of paper money that is going down. Gold is just constant purchasing power.”
The price of a cow has remained constant in real money (gold) for 5,000 years, ranging between half an ounce and 1 ounce of gold, demonstrating stable purchasing power across millennia while nominal prices have risen millions of times.
“I showed this in another video with the price of a cow, which for 5,000 years has actually cost between half an ounce and 1 oz of gold. That is just amazing. If you think about it, the price of a cow has cost between half an ounce and 1 oz of gold. That is in real money cost very very very similar amount of money for 5,000 years. Of course, normal money, I don't know what the cow cost 5,000 years ago, but I can be quite certain it's gone up millions of times the price of a cow since then.”
One must buy physical gold and silver (not paper equivalents) and store it outside the banking system in a safe jurisdiction, with access to inspect it and with insurance coverage.
“And obviously, you got to buy physical, you got to store it outside the banking system. We help clients with that around the world in many countries. And you have to have it in a safe jurisdiction. And of course, have access to your gold, be able to inspect your gold, and have it insured also.”
Voltaire said in 1729 that 'Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value zero,' and a graph showing all major currencies from 1910 to today demonstrates this pattern with 97-99% losses.
“Or Voltaire said in 1729, 'Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value zero.' And this graph shows it clearly. It shows all of the major currencies from around 1910 to today, all these currencies have lost, as you can see, 97 to 99%”
The current monetary era will likely not produce the extreme hyperinflation of Weimar, but will instead produce inflation levels similar to the 1970s in the UK (15-17% per year for up to 7 years), and this level of inflation will totally kill currencies in the US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, and many other countries.
“We're probably not going to see that level of hyperinflation, but we could see the level of inflation as I saw, for example, in the early 1970s when I was in the UK when we had about 15-17% inflation for up to 7 years, 7 years of inflation at that level. And that is most likely going to happen in the US, in the UK, in Germany, in France, in Japan, and many other countries. And that will totally kill their currencies.”
There is no use measuring gold or bubble assets (stocks, bonds) in dollars, euros, or yen because you are measuring them in units that are losing value every day.
“So, there's no use measuring gold or measuring your bubble assets, stocks, or bonds in dollars or in euros or in yen because you're measuring it in a unit that is going down in value every day.”
Most investors are unaware they are standing on the edge of a precipice because they believe bubble assets will continue to grow indefinitely, but they will lose everything as the current monetary era ends.
“Most investors are not aware that they're standing on the edge of a precipice. Most investors believe that as for the last, let's say, 50 years at least, all the bubble assets will continue to grow to heaven. Whether they're stocks or bonds, property, or other paper assets. But sadly, this time they will lose everything.”
The final bit of currency collapse will be massive, and many people will lose most of their money because they will not protect themselves and will continue to invest in bubble assets rather than converting to real assets.
“But, the final bit, as we saw in Germany, is going to be massive. And a lot of people will lose most of their money, as I said before, because they're not going to protect themselves. They're going to continue to invest in bubble assets.”
We are coming to the end of a monetary era, which means all bubble assets and paper assets will go down in real terms by 50, 70, 90 percent, or even 100% (particularly bonds, including sovereign bonds, many of which will become worthless).
“We're coming to the end of a monetary era, and we're coming to the end of a bubble asset era. This will mean that all of these bubble assets, paper assets, will go down in real terms by 50, 70, 90 percent, or even some by 100% like bonds, cuz a a lot of bonds will become worthless, including sovereign bonds.”
History does rhyme and repeat itself, so paper money will inevitably die in this monetary era, and anyone who does not protect their investments now will lose most or all of their money within the next few years, especially if holdings are in paper assets.
“Because history doesn't fail. History does rhyme. History does repeat itself, and history will prove that even this time, paper money will die, and this monetary era will finish. So, anyone who believes that it's going to be different this time, and anyone who has money to protect or investments to protect, will lose most of their money or if not all of their money, especially if it's in paper assets, and that will happen over the next few years.”
If you do not hold gold and silver, you will lose 90-95% of all your wealth if you stick to paper assets and bubble assets.
“If you stick to your paper assets, you are not going to have any wealth of any significance left in the coming years. So, don't think about how much money you can make or not make if you don't believe in gold in the next few years. Just think about how much money you are going to lose if you don't hold gold and if you don't hold silver. That is the only question you should ask yourself. How much do I stand to lose? If you want my view, and you've heard it already, you are going to lose 90 to 95% of all your wealth if you stick to paper or the bubble assets.”
Converting paper assets to real assets (especially gold and silver) now will protect your fortune, not just for yourself but also for your family and future generations.
“And I promise you, you are not going to be sorry at the end of this because you are going to protect your fortune, not for yourself, but also for your family and your future generations if you now convert your paper assets to real assets, and especially gold and silver.”
The speaker and their firm bought gold at $300 per ounce in 2002, and gold is now at $4,500 per ounce, demonstrating a 15x appreciation, with further acceleration expected.
“Remember, we bought gold for ourselves and for our investors in 2002 at $300 and gold is now $4,500 and the price, of course, measured in dollar terms, which as I said, is totally meaningless, is going to continue to accelerate.”
Nobody (or almost nobody) owns gold today, despite warnings for 25+ years that individuals will lose all their money if they do not protect it with physical gold and silver.
“Please please don't think about where gold is going to go. First of all, nobody owns gold today. We have been preaching to people for, well, 25 years at least, that you are going to lose all your money if you don't protect it now in the form of physical gold and physical silver.”
The German mark, pound, yen, dollar, and euro have all crashed by over 90-95% since 1970, with only 1-3% remaining before they reach zero, and this final collapse will happen within the next few years with absolute certainty.
“mark was followed by the yen, the pound, the dollar, the euro, and since 1970, all these currencies have crashed by over 90 95%. As I've been saying that when the 1% left to go to zero, it's going to happen, and that's going to happen in the next few years. It's absolutely certain.”
The decision to protect wealth through physical gold and silver is the most important choice individuals will make, and most people will take the 'wrong road' leading to 'perdition' by failing to convert paper assets to real assets.
“Remember, this is such an important choice for everyone to make. And it's going to be so sad that most people will take the wrong road and actually take the road to perdition. But please, please, please, listen to my advice.”
Gold at $4,500 is 'very, very cheap' and silver at $75 is 'massively cheap' relative to the anticipated currency collapse, and one should buy silver and gold 'with both hands' (aggressively and comprehensively).
“And again, don't look at it that way. Look at it what you are about to lose in your paper wealth if you continue to hold the paper assets that you made so much money out Now, when you have a chance, and this gold is still only $4,500, very, very cheap. And silver at $75 is massively cheap also. And you shouldn't buy with one hand, you should buy silver and gold with both hands.”
Politicians always lie to save their skin and buy votes, and people fall for these lies because they do not realize they should protect themselves from decisions like Nixon's that fundamentally alter the monetary system.
“Politicians always lie all the time to save their skin, to buy votes, and sadly, people fall for it, because nobody realized that you they should protect themselves from what Nixon decided to do to end the monetary era at that time.”