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
Piepenburg & Macleod: Death of the US Dollar and the Rise of Gold
This fireside chat, entitled "Death of an Empire - Scary Insights," discusses the changing dynamics of the global financial system, with Asia becoming increasingly independent from the West. There is...
Matthew Piepenburg / May 22, 2023
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Dollar Woes to Debt Denial: The USA Is Screwed
Below, we see why the USA is screwed. De-Dollarization: Downplaying the Obvious De-Dollarization is a real, all too real trend, though it is both fascinating and disturbing to see what is otherwise...
Matthew Piepenburg / May 21, 2023
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You Can’t Keep Solving The Debt Problem with MORE Debt
Matthew Piepenburg shares his views in this extensive interview with Daniela Cambone of Stansberry Research, covering the FED, petrodollar and de-dollarization, banking risk and gold.
Matthew Piepenburg / May 5, 2023
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Gold, Oil & Global Currencies Entering a Watershed Moment
Below we look at the math, history and current oil environment in the backdrop of a global debt crisis to better predict currency and gold market direction without the need of tarot cards.
Matthew Piepenburg / May 4, 2023
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The Global Decline of Common Sense and the Growing Case for Gold
In this all-encompassing conversation, Matterhorn Asset Management, AG partner, Matthew Piepenburg, meets with the Jay Martin Show to discuss the financial and political forces which daily strengthen...
Matthew Piepenburg / April 27, 2023
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So Many Open Signs of Financial Disaster Ahead and Gold Working
From oil markets to treasury stacking, backdoor QE, investor fantasy and hedge fund prepping, it’s becoming more and more clear that the big boys are bracing for disaster as gold stretches its legs fo...
Matthew Piepenburg / April 23, 2023
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“Lions Led by Donkeys:” The Irrevocable Decline in US Hegemony
In his latest conversation with WTFinance’s Anthony Fatseas, Matterhorn Asset Management principal Matthew Piepenburg answers the question: Is the worst behind us? The short answer is: No. The reaso...
Matthew Piepenburg / April 12, 2023
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“No Way Out” for Global Markets Trapped in a Doom Loop of Debt
In this compelling conversation with Wealthion founder, Adam Taggart, Matterhorn Asset Management principal, Matthew Piepenburg, addresses the current and vast range of headline market topics, signals...
Matthew Piepenburg / April 10, 2023
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Golden Question? Is the Petrodollar the Next Thing to Break?
As we warned throughout 2022, the Fed’s overly rapid and overly steep rate hikes would only “work” until things began breaking, and, well…things have clearly begun to break, including the petrodollar....
Matthew Piepenburg / April 6, 2023
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Today & Tomorrow: Volatility Worse Than 1987, September 11th and the 2008 Crisis
In this 30-minute conversation with Elijah Johnson of Liberty Finance, Matthew Piepenburg addresses the escalating ripple effects of the U.S. banking crisis and the growing distrust of gasping bond ma...
Matthew Piepenburg / April 4, 2023
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