Authors
Olav Dirkmaat
Olav Dirkmaat is professor in economics at the Business School of Universidad Francisco Marroquín. Before, he was precious metals analyst at GoldRepublic. He has a PhD in Economics from the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid. He is also the (co)translator of Human Action of Ludwig von Mises into Dutch. With a lifelong passion for investing, he manages funds for relatives, looking for investment opportunities in markets that are extremely over- or undervalued.
Nadine Smeding
Nadine worked for GoldRepublic from 2011 to 2014, where she wrote the weekly Market Update. Now she is entrepreneur and co-founder of Ontwerpjedroomtaart.nl.
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Dion Reijnders
Dion has a master's degree in Financial Economics from the University of Maastricht. Under the guidance of Lex Hoogduin he works as PhD candidate at the University of Groningen on a dissertation on the theoretical explanation of interest. He is (co-) translator of the economic masterpiece "Het menselijk handelen" (or the original ''Human Action'') of Ludwig von Mises.
Edin Mujagić
Edin Mujagić is macroeconomist, monetary economist and publicist. He is the author of the Dutch book ‘Geldmoord: hoe de centrale banken ons geld vernietigen (Money Murder: how central banks destroy our money)’ (2012)and has worked as economics editor at the business magazine FEM Business.
Frank Knopers
Frank Knopers has a degree in Business Studies from the University of Twente and a master in Financial Management. He wrote his thesis on the performance of a value investing strategy on the Dutch stock market. He is interested in the monetary and financial system and he began researching money, gold and silver after the financial crisis of 2008.
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Rowen Buis
Rowen has been working at GoldRepublic since 2021. He started as account manager and is now affiliate manager. With a background in economics and investing, Rowen deals with fundamental , behavioral and technical analysis of precious metals, stocks and cryptocurrencies on a daily basis. He first became acquainted with gold in 2018, and since then his love for the shiny precious metal has only increased.
Bart Brands
Bart Brands (1982) is a security expert, certified security intelligence professional and anti-terror expert with a passion for precious metals. During the financial crisis of 2008, Bart started delving into precious metals. He has been working for GoldRepublic as Precious Metals Specialist.
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