Plus the Driverless Car Future Is Speeding Toward Us 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…bitcoin had a horrible, no-good, very bad week. The world’s leading crypto fell from the $47,000 range on Monday to around $42,000 [Read More] …
Keep Calm and Crypto On
Why I’m Not Worried by the Latest Market Slide Crypto is having a moment—again. As I write this, major cryptos like bitcoin and Ethereum are down more than 10% on the week. This latest bout of crypto craziness came in response to the recently released Federal Reserve minutes, in which Fed governors said the risk [Read More] …
I’m Earning 10% Interest Per Month From Owning a Spaceship (No, Really!)
These Returns Are Out of This World Maybe I’ll change my name to Han Solo. Why? Because I bought a spaceship. A real beater—kinda like Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon. Here’s a picture of my baby… Officially, she’s known as a Fimbul BYOS Earp. I just call her Alice. Looks like an Alice to me. To [Read More] …
Understanding the Great Resignation
Why People Are Quitting Their Jobs in Record Numbers My wife wants to be a writer. I can’t blame her. It’s a great job—no question. But I can tell she’s not necessarily coming at this desire from a “great job” perspective. No, she sees dollar signs and wants to try her hand at earning a [Read More] …
The Fed’s Big Challenge Is Our Big Opportunity
Turn the Doomsday Prophecies About Inflation to Your Advantage And just like that, back to reality. The last week or so was nice. Quiet. I did a lot of walking around Prague with the family. I also did a bit of crypto trading—sold one position for a 7,278% gain. That was my remaining holdings of [Read More] …