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The French poet, Arthur Rimbaud famously wrote that “Nothing is true.” Hmmm. Fairly sensational, no? Deciphering the nuance behind such poetic phrases is almost as difficult as deciphering the mean...

Matthew Piepenburg / February 11, 2024

In this first discussion of a longer series focusing on key risk themes nearing a 2024 breaking point, Matterhorn Asset Management principals, Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg, open with a blun...

Egon von Greyerz / January 15, 2024

With the US shooting itself in the foot again, we are now certain that this is the final farewell to the bankrupt dollar based monetary system. More about this follows but in the meantime an extremel...

Egon von Greyerz / January 14, 2024

Ever since day-one of the predictably disastrous and politically myopic insanity of weaponizing the world reserve currency against a major power like Russia, we warned that the USD had reached an hist...

Matthew Piepenburg / January 7, 2024

In Part I of this two-part conversation with Michelle Makori of Kitco News, Matterhorn Asset Management Partner, Matthew Piepenburg, looks at the key financial themes of 2023 and the critical trends t...

Matthew Piepenburg / December 29, 2023

Matterhorn Asset Management founder, Egon von Greyerz, sits down with Darryl and Brian Panes from as Good as Gold Australia to discuss the major economic and precious metal themes, including the slow...

Egon von Greyerz / December 20, 2023

As my last report for 2023, I wanted to hit the big issues blunt in the face—from debt and sovereign bond markets to themes on the USD, inflation, risk markets and physical gold. This will not be sho...

Matthew Piepenburg / December 17, 2023

The primary stages of grief include: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally, acceptance. When it comes to grieving over the slow demise of the American economy, sovereign IOU/USD and the a...

Matthew Piepenburg / December 3, 2023

It doesn’t require decades of financial expertise to balk at the notion of selling retail air conditioning units in Siberia or lemonade stands in the heart of the Arctic. That is, even a high-school...

Matthew Piepenburg / November 19, 2023

Below, we consider just how far America has fallen from its founding vision (and something we can do about it).

Matthew Piepenburg / November 5, 2023

In this extensive conversation with Cambridge House CEO, Jay Martin, Matterhorn Asset Management partner, Matthew Piepenburg, shares his insights on the historical interplay of war, over-indebted nati...

Matthew Piepenburg / October 25, 2023

Below, we follow the breadcrumbs of simple math and bond market signals toward an oft-repeated pattern of how once-great nations become, well…not so great any more.

Matthew Piepenburg / October 22, 2023