Matt's Publications

When it comes to dying currencies and dying political credibility, be it from a parliament, White House or central bank, inflation, scape-goating and fear-mongering have always risen with eerie consis...

Matthew Piepenburg / December 9, 2021

As the gravity of the inflation problem begins to sink in with DC's elite, politicians worried about the next election cycle have proposed a solution: Print more money. Unfortunately, that's not a jok...

Matthew Piepenburg / November 30, 2021

For too long, we have been traveling on a twisted road of various monetary and fiscal experiments on a bus driven by world governments and central banks. It has not always been easy to see where the...

Matthew Piepenburg / November 22, 2021

As inflation worsens, high-profile traders like Bill Ackman call on the Federal Reserve to raise rates and rein-in rising prices. The truth, however, is more dire: The Fed is cornered. Uncle Sam is fl...

Matthew Piepenburg / November 11, 2021

Around every corner, increasingly artificial markets are precariously propped up with lies, deceit, and outright control from central banks, governments, and the elite. Systems approach a critical bre...

Matthew Piepenburg / November 8, 2021

Compared to the wild swings of commodities and cryptocurrencies, gold's performance over the last year has been a bit tame. Patient gold investors know, however, we have seen this race play out time a...

Matthew Piepenburg / October 29, 2021

With inflation surging, shortages crippling the world, and business outlook tanking, it's time to ask whether we are headed for recession. All the signs point to a resounding answer of YES, but what w...

Matthew Piepenburg / October 22, 2021

Is Biden the president that played his fiddle while the US burned? As shortages, stagflation, and wealth inequality wreak havoc on an already divided United States, lawmakers focus on vaccine mandates...

Matthew Piepenburg / October 13, 2021

With each day bringing new signs of inflation and rates becoming more deeply negative, it's time to confront reality: The US is declaring a hidden bankruptcy. Its debts cannot be serviced, and markets...

Matthew Piepenburg / October 1, 2021

In an environment where it seems every asset is reaching record highs and inflation is rampant, it is reasonable to ask: Why isn't gold absolutely ripping? The answer is complex, but be assured--pati...

Matthew Piepenburg / September 23, 2021

In an economy of negative-yielding debt, high inflation, plummeting consumer confidence, and a crumbling culture, only one fact is certain: Nothing is real. Math can be disregarded, and numbers don't...

Matthew Piepenburg / September 14, 2021

In the post-pandemic world, signs of the death of paper money are everywhere, but the deeper one looks, the more evident and painfully predictable it becomes. Central banks are backed into a corner, a...

Matthew Piepenburg / September 2, 2021