Matt's Publications

American exceptionalism, as current COVID and capitalism disasters confirm, has morphed into a distortion that resembles more of a comorbidity than a guiding light. Despite a prior reputation for lea...

Matthew Piepenburg / December 14, 2020

After an extraordinary rally, gold recently entered an anticipated correction phase, which both math and history suggest is about to re-enter a continued trend dramatically upward.

Matthew Piepenburg / December 11, 2020

Successful investing, from Baron Rothschild to Benjamin Graham, inevitably overlaps with contrarian investing. In short: Cooler minds avoid the madness of crowds. This is true regardless of strategy...

Matthew Piepenburg / December 3, 2020

Crowds, like sheep, are only as safe as the shepherds who guide them. If the shepherd is mad, so too is the crowd. Today, central bank shepherds are leading the vast majority of investors over a cur...

Matthew Piepenburg / November 12, 2020