The crisis of 2008, which nearly crippled the financial world, was a loud and clear warning that our financial system had become a house of cards. Its integrity depended on the continued solvency of over-leveraged financial institutions. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article At the time, I was working as a Senior Data Architect in the trading room of one of Germany’s biggest banks. It was there that we witnessed up close the freezing of accounts, ATMs shutting down and credit cards deactivated. It became clear that owning physical gold and silver – not gold derivatives – was one ofPowered by WPeMatico
