Silver, Money and the Great Repricing The financial system is sending two contradictory messages. The price screens tell us that capital markets remain orderly, liquidity is abundant, and policymakers are in control. The physical economy tells us something very different: energy routes are vulnerable, government debt is compounding faster than productive output, strategic metals are tightening, and confidence in paper claims is deteriorating.	The Misdirection of Price This has been a difficult year for anyone who watches prices rather than balance sheets. Gold set a record above $5,500 an ounce in January and then surrendered nearly a third of that value. Silver, having peaked above $120, was cut roughly in half. The mining complex made all-time highs in February and gave back 35%.	Fatally Rising Yields And Gold's Rising Endgame With so many eyes understandably glued to war headlines in Iran and a seemingly immortal stock market in the USA, a great deal of investors are missing the most critical signal of all: The bond market.
The Real Long-Term Threat - The Dying Wave of Boomers Real Estate Will Never Be the Same. I covered this a lot in the past and will continue to in the future. I had a breakthrough in my research when I realised that because real estate lasts nearly forever (visit Europe if you don’t think so), that I must subtract people that are dying from the peak buyers, traditionally at 42.	The Bond Bubble's Final Reckoning Few Americans grasp what the Federal Reserve truly does. Its “credit creation” isn’t mystical; it’s the manufacture of liquidity for Wall Street through electronic fiat conjured from nothing but faith in government restraint — faith that has been betrayed.	Frankfurt's Innovative Fintech Entrepreneur Our special interview with STEFAN OTT, Founder & CEO of Confinity Solutions GmbH, showcases the pioneer enabling exchanges, brokerages and banks to thrive with cutting-edge solutions. Executive Global discuss entrepreneurship, fintech and technological innovation for affluent institutional and private clients.
The Monetary Fault Line And The Case For Silver There are moments in financial history when the signals aligned perfectly, not neatly, but unmistakably. We are in one of those moments now.	Profitability and Banking In St Helena Our dedicated interview with JOSEPHINE GEORGE, Managing Director at Bank of St. Helena Ltd, documents the activity behind the government-owned bank based in the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Executive Global discuss lending, personal and commercial banking with the head of the pre-eminent institution located on the island in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean.	A Haggai 2:8 Economy ”The Silver is Mine, and the Gold is Mine, Saith the Lord of Hosts.’’ It seems that ever since he’s been in charge, God Himself has considered gold and silver to be the ultimate form of monetary value, says Shannon Berkley.
The Ecstasy of Gold Surely, each of us has, or had at some point, paper money in the pocket: $5, $10, $20, $100...But how much is it really worth? We would like to believe that the answer to this question is “as much as it’s written on the banknote”, writes Oliver Taylor.	Debunking Universal Basic Income Trying times are upon us. As economies around the globe came to a sudden halt, exposing the instability of a system many thought infallible, the illusion of order began to crumble.	The Biggest Short The upcoming global economic crisis that is going to send tremors through the world between 2017 and 2020, by now is not news, as several respected economists, such as James Rickards and Harry Dent, have not only been warning us of the looming collapse, but they have also suggested that with an out-of-the-box approach, one could even gain from this predicament, says Oliver Taylor.
AIM: Investment Outlook Q4 2016 The global macroeconomic environment is clearly exhibiting signs of slow growth, given the political uncertainty across many regions.	The Ultimate Margin Call The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was the work of greed, enabled by the power of credit. It was a groundbreaking event that shook the American, the western and the worldwide economy at its very foundations and though central banks do their best to project an illusion of stability after the collapse has rocked their system, the crisis continues to affect the lives of millions of Americans to this day, writes Oliver Taylor.

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The Sea Change Few See

With headlines understandably chasing the latest escalation threats out of Iran, depleting U.S. strategic petroleum reserves, rising global inflation forces, bubbling tech stocks, AI
over-valuation signals, SpaceX trading at 100X revenues and currencies like the Japanese yen in historical free-fall, it’s easy to miss the much bigger picture, namely: A Sea Change in the global monetary system unfolding/hiding in plain sight.

Silver, Money, and the Great Repricing
The financial system is sending two contradictory messages. The price screens tell us that capital markets remain orderly, liquidity is abundant, and policymakers are in control. The physical economy tells us something very different: energy routes are vulnerable, government debt is compounding faster than productive output, strategic metals are tightening, and confidence in paper claims is deteriorating.

The Real Long-Term Threat - The Dying Wave of Boomers

Real Estate Will Never Be the Same. I covered this a lot in the past and will continue to in the future. I had a breakthrough in my research when I realised that because real estate lasts nearly forever (visit Europe if you don’t think so), that I must subtract people that are dying from the peak buyers, traditionally at 42.%.

The Misdirection of Price

This has been a difficult year for anyone who watches prices rather than balance sheets. Gold set a record above $5,500 an ounce in January and then surrendered nearly a third of that value. Silver, having peaked above $120, was cut roughly in half. The mining complex made all-time highs in February and gave back 35%.

Fatally Rising Yields And Gold's Patient Endgame
With so many eyes understandably glued to war headlines in Iran and a seemingly immortal stock market in the USA, a great deal of investors are missing the most critical signal of all:
The bond market.

The Dawn of a New Realty In Silver
In the Winter-Spring 2026 issue of Executive Global, I explained that the monetary metals were engaged in a massive and accelerated phase of their ongoing bull trend, and also that silver had shifted to an outperform status on the upside vs. gold. This is after more than a decade of being vastly, historically undervalued, and underpriced to gold. That status is now changing, and dramatically.

The Bond Bubble's Final Reckoning
Few Americans grasp what the Federal Reserve truly does. Its “credit creation” isn’t mystical; it’s the manufacture of liquidity for Wall Street through electronic fiat conjured from nothing but faith in government restraint — faith that has been betrayed.

Profitability and Natural Resources
Our special interview on Profitability with DR. CHRISTIAN SCHARER, Chairman and Fund Manager at Incrementum AG, returns to the familiar world of portfolio management and natural resources. Executive Global explores promising investment opportunities for institutional and private clients.

The Monetary Fault Line And The Case For Silver
There are moments in financial history when the signals aligned perfectly,
not neatly, but unmistakably. We are in one of those moments now.

Don't Treat This Uptrend As 'Just Another Bull Move'
Don’t be so eager to capture rapid profits in gold and silver that seem by “normal” metrics to be excessive. Something much bigger, even historic, is underway now. Yes, over great spans of times gold always holds its real value. Something few investors realise.

Analysing The Great Monetary Breakdown
Why Gold And Silver Are Entering Their Most Important Bull Market In History. For years, I have warned that the Federal Reserve’s reckless monetary experiments would end not in a soft landing, but in a catastrophic loss of confidence in the U.S. bond market and, ultimately, in the currency itself.

Gold's Rise: A Sad Yet Somber Signal of Systemic Failure
As gold and silver continue to break all-time-highs in 2025, the informed and uninformed global financial landscape seems to be squawking like headless chickens to make sense of what is ultimately a common-sense (and historical) price evolution in precious metals.

Gold Benefits From Multiple Drivers
Gold has moved steadily higher over the past three years, the price more than doubling,
well-outperforming global equities, though few seem to have noticed. The gold move has been driven primarily by central bank buying, which continues, even if volumes are below the record levels of 2023 and 2024; buying remains well above longer-term levels. Inflows into global ETFs have picked up over the past year, though they remain soft in North America.

The Quiet Metal, The Loud Crisis and the Final Call for Sound Money
Why Silver’s Ascent, SmartMetals, and the Return to Real Assets Are No Longer Optional — But Essential. There are moments in market history when quiet assets begin to speak volumes. Silver is one such asset, and this moment is one such time. For decades, silver has played second fiddle to gold in the monetary metals conversation.

Top and Crash of Our Lifetimes May Be Starting Early: Now!
I have been looking for the top or our lifetimes in stocks to finally potentially occur around September or a bit later this year. But I am seeing more signs that this major top may being occurring in early August. But either way, this could well be the ‘top of our lifetime.’ This first chart says it best. It is the most important U.S. and global stock index, and more important, it is adjusted for inflation for better comparison to the past trends.

Gold's Rise: Only the First Chapters?
After four years of BIDEN somnambulism and legitimate, post-debate questions as to who was really in charge of DC post-2020, the 2025 Trump White House has certainly come in swinging.

2024: The Debt Trap, Precious Metals Signpost and BTC Seduction
As we approach year-end on a year marked by record highs in gold in a setting of headline-making elections, ever-expanding sovereign debt levels and a BRICS+ coalition moving ever-so-carefully away from the USD, there is a great deal on our minds.

Goldbacks, Good Money and Gresham's Law

Trends, Demand, and the Future of Monetary Systems. Throughout history, gold and silver have held significant roles as stores of value and mediums of exchange, consistently rising in importance during times of economic uncertainty.

Sustainability and Profitability in Social Insurance
Our special interview with RICARDO GARCIA, Chief Executive Officer at PROMEA Sozialversicherungen, highlights the award-winning company that is successfully maintaining the balance between sustainability and profitability. Executive Global gain an exclusive insight into what it takes to prosperously lead one of the most respectable social insurance funds in Switzerland.

Failing Debt, Collapsing Bonds, An an Interest Rate Spike
The world is in a precarious place. It’s our assertion that we are in the final stages of a debt based financial collapse. Debt is the primary bubble, all else is rebalancing against this fact.

The Rapidly Changing Investment Environment
Inflation is the most salient issue for businesses, according to the NFIB and ISM surveys, but despite that, Powell and the FOMC are pining for rate cuts and to end Quantitative Tightening.

Aiding Sustainability in Financial Institutions
We caught up with Zielke Research Consulting, a specialist award-winning consulting firm supporting insurance companies, banks and institutional investors in dealing with a constantly changing regulatory environment in the areas of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and financial reporting.

Profitability and Banking in Saint Helena
Our dedicated interview with JOSEPHINE GEORGE, Managing Director at Bank of St. Helena Ltd, documents the activity behind the government-owned bank based in the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Executive Global discuss lending, personal and commercial banking with the head of the pre-eminent institution located on the island in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean.

Why Gold Disappointed (Some) Last Year and Won't This Year
Gold investors always want more! Last year saw sharply higher inflation around the world, a war in Europe, with stocks and other assets down: a perfect trifecta for gold. Instead gold was down for much of the year. Why did we not see the sharp move in gold that many predicted?

The Stability of Gold vs the ''Honesty'' of Governments
Gold’s historic 2,300% leap in the 1970s from $35 to $850 per ounce occurred right after President Nixon took the US off the gold standard. Moreover, in the early 2000s, gold tripled
in value – soaring from under $300 per ounce in 2000 to $1,000 by 2008.

Scary Macros, Rising Debts, Falling Trust and Simple Gold
Heading into 2023, the macros look anything but pretty. The core themes, percolating over time but now becoming both unsustainable and undeniable, are simple: Debt, war, inflation and currency destruction. The evidence is literally all around us as trust in political and central bank leadership heads steadily south.

Why Silver Is Essential For A Prosperous High Tech Future
In the complex world economy, very few things are as versatile and exciting as silver. It has a rich history as a valuable metal, and today, it plays a vital role in high-tech industries,
reports Cheryl Jones.

Is Silver An Asymmetric Trade?
The readers of this publication are some of the best educated regarding the true nature of money and finance. The question of inflation is often debated, even among alternative thinkers.

Strategic Mergers and Acquisitions
Our dedicated interview on Strategy with TRAVIS REGENT, Co-Founder at Kalos LLP, examines strategy, mergers, acquisitions, transaction valuations and corporate tax advisory, as
Executive Global chart the rise of one of Canada's pre-eminent middle-market M&A specialists.

The Markets Dilemma

The markets are caught in an interesting dilemma. On one hand Central Banks have been forced to fight inflation and asset speculation by dialling down the wealth effect to tamper consumer demand. On the other hand, governments are relying on higher asset prices to provide higher tax receipts.

The Everything Bubble Is About to Burst for Good
Bubble eras like this are rare. They only come about every 90 years which is every two 45-year technology cycles. Think of the current peaking cycle as the Information Revolution with three phases and bubbles.

Major Stock Crash Ahead with Rising Inflation

One of the charts that most grabbed my attention recently was the one showing the rebound in China. They came out of it earlier than us, so it makes an interesting leading indicator.

Profitability in Financial Literacy
Our special interview on Profitability with SHARON LECHTER, entrepreneur, businesswoman, international speaker and CEO of the Pay Your Family First education company, underlines the importance of financial literacy through investing as a tool for creating financial freedom, as Executive Global profile the award-winning co-author of the Rich Dad Poor Dad book series.

Precious Metals, Time to Accumulate
I believe the metals may have seen lows for the year. The action in the gold silver ratio is telling us silver is signalling the vertical rise in interest rates or tightening by the Feral Reserve may be coming to an end.

Holding Physical Gold Preserves Wealth

Continuing Massive Bailouts and Federal Reserve Stimulus Loom Well into 2022.

Evidence-Based Wealth Management

Executive Global sit down with Zurich’s foremost connoisseurs of
evidenced-based wealth management.

Early Signals of Severe U.S. Inflation

U.S. Monetary and Fiscal Policy Excesses Have Spiked Hyperinflation Risks.

Helicopter Money - Debunking Universal Basic Income

Trying times are upon us. As economies around the globe came to a sudden halt, exposing the instability of a system many thought infallible, the illusion of order began to crumble. Amid this unprecedented collapse, amid closing businesses, lost jobs, unpaid salaries, missed payments and shockingly revealing shortages, governments and institutions are hastily scrambling together solutions to remain afloat, writes Oliver Taylor.

Perpetuating Asset Inflation
The current Monetary System has been able to perpetuate the asset price inflation game over the last 40 years because inflation has struggled to gain any traction. Although government statistics undereport inflation by design, Federal Reserve policy has not been forced to address the toxic side of inflation while the economy has been propped up on monetary stimulus.

Real Interest Rates and Gold Prices

Over the past few decades, the primary driver of global gold prices has been the level of inflation-adjusted or ”real” interest rates. If you understand this, then you’ll begin to further understand why gold prices are poised to move significantly higher in the months and years ahead.

A Unique Approach to Wealth Management

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