Matthew Piepenburg
Partner Matt began his finance career as a transactional attorney before launching his first hedge fund during the NASDAQ bubble of 1999-2001Thereafter, he began investing his own and other HNW family funds into alternative investment vehicles while operating as a General Counsel, CIO and later Managing Director of a single and multi-family office. Matthew worked closely as well with Morgan Stanley’s hedge fund platform in building a multi-strat/multi-manager fund to better manage risk in a market backdrop of extreme central bank intervention/support. The conviction that precious metals provides the most reliable and longer-term protection against potential systemic risk led Matt to join VON GREYERZ.
The author of the Amazon No#1 Release, Rigged to Fail, Matt is fluent in French, German and English; he is a graduate of Brown (BA), Harvard (MA) and the University of Michigan (JD). Along with Egon von Greyerz, Matthew is the co-author of Gold Matters, which offers an extensive examination of gold as an historically-confirmed wealth-preservation asset.
Insights & Articles
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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Piepenburg, Rule and Rickards Agree: Gold’s Role Rises as Dollar Hegemony Falls
Matthew Piepenburg sits down with Rick Rule and Jim Rickards at the recent Rick Rule Precious Metals Symposium to discuss the future of the USD, the rising BRICS tide and the Realpolitik of any realis...
Matthew Piepenburg / August 31, 2023
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Iconic America vs. Debt-Soaked America: Hard Landing Ahead
In this extensive presentation by Matterhorn Asset Management partner, Matthew Piepenburg, we separate the iconic America from the current and debt-soaked America to better prepare investors with fact...
Matthew Piepenburg / August 30, 2023
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Much Harder Landings and Centralized/Inflationary Policies Ahead
In this brief yet engaging conversation at the recent Rick Rule Symposium in Florida with Charlotte Mcloed of Investing News Network, Matterhorn Asset Management partner, Matthew Piepenburg, calmly se...
Matthew Piepenburg / August 24, 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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Centralization & the Death of Capitalism, the Middle Class and Democracy
In this latest conversation with Tom Bodrovics of Palisades Gold Radio, Matterhorn Asset Management partner, Matthew Piepenburg, offers his latest assessments on the American economic and political de...
Matthew Piepenburg / August 15, 2023
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Discovering the Power of Gold: De-Dollarization and its Impact
Matthew Piepenburg, Partner at Matterhorn Asset Management, discusses the growing trend of de-dollarization and the weaponization of the US dollar. He highlights the ripple effects of Western sanction...
Matthew Piepenburg / August 8, 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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