Matt's Publications

Although it may seem refreshing to see folks at Goldman or Bridgewater taking public swings at the Fed, it’s far too little and far too late. The warnings they are making today are the very same we’ve...

Matthew Piepenburg / February 2, 2022

The Fed is handing us more inflation, rising rates, tanking bonds, a nervous equity market and a stagnating economy. Things will likely get emotional in 2022, for even the hawks are offering too littl...

Matthew Piepenburg / January 20, 2022

As the United States rolls into 2022, the tradition of American exceptionalism looks exceptionally untenable. With the inflation backing the Fed into a corner and geopolitical challenges mounting abro...

Matthew Piepenburg / January 3, 2022

With the unabating onslaught of global money printing, it can be hard to believe the fragility of the global financial system lies in a potential shortage of dollars. The nuance lies in the Eurodollar...

Matthew Piepenburg / December 15, 2021

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