Axel Merk is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Merk Investments, manager of the Merk Funds. Follow @AxelMerk on Twitter. Subscribe to Merk Insights for free at more

Axel Merk is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Merk Investments, manager of the Merk Funds. Follow @AxelMerk on Twitter. Subscribe to Merk Insights for free at www.merkinvestments.com/newsletter. Founder of the firm bearing his name, Merk is an expert on macro trends, hard money, international investing and on building sustainable wealth. An authority on currencies, he is a pioneer in the use of strategic currency investing to seek diversification. Axel Merk is a sought after speaker and author on topics ranging from the economy, gold and currencies to sustainable wealth and personal finance, as well as a regular guest and contributor to the business media around the world. Axel Merk’s 2009 book “Sustainable Wealth” is about understanding how the greater economic universe works, how that may affect your finances, and how to manage those finances to seek financial stability. Axel Merk holds a B.A. in Economics (magna cum laude) and a M.Sc. in Computer Science from Brown University. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and four children.less