Matt's Publications
A Fatally Cornered Fed vs. Historically Honest Gold
Matterhorn Asset Management, AG partner, Matthew Piepenburg, sits down with David Lin of the David Lin Report to help end a number of false debates and narratives currently making the headlines.
Matthew Piepenburg / November 21, 2023
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DC Cancelled Common Sense
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
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It’s Time (and Easy) to be Smarter than Our “Leaders”
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
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Debt, Currency Debasement & War—The Timeless Pillars of Failure
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
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The Economic Future is Sad, Simple & Already Obvious
The foregoing title may seem a bit sensational, no? With all the recent hype about a gold-backed BRICS currency emerging from this summer’s South African meet-and-greet vanishing like oar swirls, one...
Matthew Piepenburg / October 8, 2023
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Real BRICS Threat + The Worst Macros I’ve Ever Seen
In many recent articles and interviews, I’ve warned that Powell’s “higher for longer” war against inflation will actually (and ironically) lead to, well… greater inflation. That is, the rising intere...
Matthew Piepenburg / September 17, 2023
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Rising GDP + Rising Yields = A MAJOR Sign of “Uh-Oh”
Have you heard the good news? The Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimates a 5.9% growth in real GDP for Q3 2023. In nominal terms, we can even boast of an 8.9% surge. What fantastic news! Growth! Productivity!...
Matthew Piepenburg / September 3, 2023
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When Baseballs & Guitars Say More Than Pundits
Before I got the invite to a swank prep-school out East, I used to spend my Spring afternoons on a baseball diamond not too far from the home field of Derek Jeter, who was still playing local ball in...
Matthew Piepenburg / August 20, 2023
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Keeping Your Head Amidst Debt-Blind Madness
I recently blew the dust off an old Rudyard Kipling poem, “If,” which many have castigated as a bit overly romantic, despite its high praise from Mark Twain and T.S. Eliot to India’s Khushwant Singh....
Matthew Piepenburg / August 6, 2023
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The BRICS Won’t Kill the Dollar, US Policy Will
Below we separate the hype from the sad reality of the USD in the face of a new “BRICS currency.” Net conclusion: The real death of the USD will be domestic not foreign.
Matthew Piepenburg / July 24, 2023
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