The U.S. Is Approaching a Critical Moment… We pick up today where we left off earlier in the week…with more worrisome inflation news. I wrote to you on Wednesday with my take on the Fed’s inability to tackle inflation. All the Fed can do is hike interest rates a couple more times in June and [Read More] …
A Major Hidden Benefit of Living Overseas
Low-Cost Travel to Dream Destinations There are no ferries between Portugal and Morocco. I know this because I’ve lost an hour of my life in a futile hunt for one. Spain to Morocco—yes. But venturing from southern Portugal into the southern Spanish town of Algeciras, where the ferries launch across the Strait of Gibraltar to [Read More] …
This One Step Changed My Whole Perspective on Life
The Secret to Success, Fulfillment, and Happiness… “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” Wish I could claim that as my own deep musing. Alas, that’s Henry Miller, the great playwright. The quote popped up on my video screen on a flight from the U.S. to Europe earlier this [Read More] …
Extreme Safety and Crazy Volatility: How I’m Investing These Days
Why I’ve Built a “Dark Future Portfolio” I popped over to the U.S. for the weekend. Flew home to see my daughter graduate high school. Was a nice affair. What wasn’t so nice: Returning to the New Orleans airport and having to stop to fill the rental car with gas. Good goobily goo! Even at [Read More] …
This Sun-Kissed European Country Offers a 50% Tax Break
…and a Pathway to an EU Passport “How much did you really like Greece?” my wife asked me recently. The way she phrased the question, the weirdly placed lilt in her voice, I knew there were some gears turning somewhere in her head. Greece was our first vacation together when we were dating, and we [Read More] …