Plus India’s Leader Needs to Pick Better Passwords 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…Uncle Sam’s finances are a cause for major concern. According to the latest figures from the Treasury Department, the federal government ran a $191 billion deficit [Read More] …
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The Asteroid Has Crash-Landed…Get Ready for the Shockwaves
Global Elite Are Embracing the Crypto Revolution Here at the start, let’s stop… Imagine you’re back in, say, 1990. You would likely not be reading this on your PC. You most certainly would not be reading this on a phone of any kind…or an iPad or a tablet, for that matter. This would have landed in your mailbox—your physical mailbox—as a printed letter. Actually, no. [Read More] …
Here’s What the Economy Will Look Like in 2022
When I was a kid, I was stupid. Like really stupid. Let me explain… My friend’s dad worked at a Texaco refinery in south Louisiana in some kind of quality-control role, and he was always bringing home chemicals and stuff as sort of a show-and-tell project. One day, he brought home some variety of Jet-A, the fuel that planes use. He told us that Jet-A, a form [Read More] …
Video: Why I Don’t Believe the Fed’s New Inflation Forecast
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve concluded its much-anticipated two-day meeting. Afterward, it revealed a plan to end its bond-buying program and raise interest rates, potentially three times, in 2022. So early this morning, I sat down with Field Notes Managing Editor Ciaran Madden to discuss what this means for us as savers and investors, and to [Read More] …
Weekly Digest: Physical Dollars Are About to Disappear
Plus Rich Insiders Dump Tons of Stock 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…something big. A few days ago, I stumbled across one of the most important news stories I’ve seen in a long time. This story [Read More] …