“Shoppers: We have a Blue-Light Special going on right now…” If you’re as old as me (mid-50s), you might just recognize that from Kmart. Does Kmart still exist? I don’t know. I haven’t seen one in 30 or more years. But that’s neither here nor there. Because this isn’t about Kmart as much as it’s about buying stuff on [Read More] …
A $69 Million JPG, Legal Marijuana, and a Wedding Trip to Montenegro
Dear Field Notes reader, Welcome to your weekly digest! As I mentioned in the inaugural digest last Sunday, these missives are your glimpse into what we’re thinking and talking about here at Global Intelligence. These aren’t complete stories or fully formed ideas, as with my Field Notes dispatches and the monthly Global Intelligence Letter. Rather [Read More] …
Buy This Asset Now to Guard Against the Impending Spike in Interest Rates
Dear Field Notes reader, I like charts. They cut through and clarify. They distill sometimes ephemeral concepts into concrete images that immediately resonate. Better yet, they can lay to rest misguided notions of the past. To wit… Sorry, I was playing with colors today. What you’re looking at is the refutation of a long-held belief [Read More] …
The 100% Legal Way to Pay Zero Federal Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax
Dear Field Notes reader, Death and taxes. The only things that are certain in life. Or so Benjamin Franklin famously asserted in a 1789 letter, when he wrote “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and [Read More] …
We’re Headed Back to the Early ’90s…and Not in a Good Way
Things my children have never known: black-and-white TVs, rotary dial phones, cars without seat belts, Schoolhouse Rock!, the Cold War…and inflation. It’s that last one I want to talk about today—though, clearly, Schoolhouse Rock! would be much more enjoyable. “Conjunction junction, what’s your function?” (That will be stuck in your head all day, now. Sorry [Read More] …