Matt Machaj, PhD
Matt Machaj, PhD, is an economist whose research is focused on the monetary policy, the gold standard, and alternative monetary regimes. Matt is a university professor, blogger, publicist, founder of the Polish Mises Institute branch, member of Property and Freedom Society, and laureate of Lawrence Fertig Award. Dr. Machaj’s premium analysis at Sunshine Profits, where he publishes his gold Market Overview - monthly reports that focus on the big, fundamental picture and key things that can affect investors over the long run.
Matt Machaj, PhD Articles
We all heard about various “bailouts” or the financial wizardry that the American government used after the 2008 crisis. In a two pronged play the government spent public money while at the same time it introduced the “quantitative easing...
The crucial story for gold investors is not the pure inflation rate of the dollar, but something much deeper. When you focus on gold, you should sharpen the focus of your lens on the dollar system. As history confirms, gold can both...
In my previous article (What if the Fed Really Tapers QE? - http://www.gold-eagle.com/article/what-if-fed-really-tapers-qe ) I focused on what would be the likely outcome of limiting the QE program on several key markets (gold, real estate...
In the previous articles and in the previous Market Overview report we discussed the unique macroeconomic position of gold (gold is a system hedge). The main conclusion was that gold is something else than its highly touted reputation as...
Last week we illustrated how gold should be treated as a special alternative to dollar denominated paper assets ( http://www.gold-eagle.com/article/gold-system-hedge ) . Yet, It is not only the “system-hedge” aspects that determine the...
Last week we focused on the idea that gold is not an inflation hedge (https://www.gold-eagle.com/article/gold-anti-inflation-hedge ). Today, we will develop this notion even further. If we’re talking about gold as a hedge, it is rather a...
My first article is based our just-released Market Overview (monthly reports). It focuses on gold as an anti-inflation hedge, and why it is precisely a hedge against something else. In the article below I will focus on John Paulson’s...
