The Fed’s Tentative First Steps Toward a Digi-Dollar On the one hand, it’s good. On the other hand, it’s bad. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is pretty much everything you need to know about the Federal Reserve’s recently released, much-anticipated report on the possibility of maybe one day thinking about potentially creating a digital dollar [Read More] …
Video: My Take on the Crypto Market Sell-Off
Over the past week or so, we’ve seen a significant decline in the crypto markets. So earlier today, I sat down with Field Notes Managing Editor Ciaran Madden to discuss the reasons for this decline…explain how I’ve been responding…and share how we can use this sell-off to our advantage. Check out the video of our [Read More] …
Video: Why Inflation Will Remain High for 3 or 4 Years…and What You Can Do About It
Last May, I predicted the emergence of a new commodity super-cycle. Today, this super-cycle is in full swing…helping fuel the high inflation we are seeing. So, I sat down with Field Notes Managing Editor Ciaran Madden to discuss this super-cycle…why it will lead to persistently high inflation over the next three to four years at [Read More] …
The Next Internet Investment Boom Is About to Begin
The World’s Largest Retailer Is Jumping Into the Metaverse Today’s trivia: It took 75 years for the telephone to attract 50 million users—the milestone considered mass adoption. The first iPhone needed roughly three years. Pokémon Go, the smartphone video game, needed just 10 days. Now, granted, there were population differences. But that’s not really the [Read More] …
Weekly Digest: This Nightmare Scenario Could Hit the U.S. Economy in 2022
Plus China’s COVID Strategy Is Faltering Badly Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in the Global Intelligence world. First up this week…the nightmare scenario for the U.S. economy. If inflation was the word on everyone’s lips in 2021, then the 2022 sequel could well be [Read More] …