I must’ve been about 11 years old when I first realized I might be an idiot. At the time, my grandparents owned a lake house in Louisiana. That sounds more highfalutin than it was. The lake “house” was just a small, basic cabin—probably no more than 900 square feet—they bought in the 1960s with two [Read More] …
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Meddling Elon Musk, China’s Ticking Time Bomb, and My Vaccine Update
Welcome to your Weekly Digest…my breakdown of the stories we’re thinking about and talking about in the Global Intelligence world. First up this week, Elon Musk is at it again. It seems that the world’s richest internet troll can’t go more than a day or two without throwing his celebrity-billionaire weight around in the cryptocurrency space. Last weekend, it was his cringe-worthy appearance on Saturday Night [Read More] …
Here’s How Much It Will Cost Me (and You) to Retire
Grab your calculator. I’ll wait… OK. Let me start by noting that today’s missive comes to you by way of the United Kingdom. I am not there, mind you. I am at home in an exceptionally rainy Prague, where I just finished reading a story in a British publication warning that soon-to-be retirees might be in for a hellacious [Read More] …
The Hidden Story About Gold That No One Is Telling You
I gotta be honest: I didn’t know that the wolf dies. I’ve known the story my whole life: a few pigs; a couple of poorly constructed houses; a wolf—big and bad; some huffing and puffing. But I did not recall that, in the end, the wolf climbs down the chimney of the brick house and [Read More] …
What Will Become of the Dollar? (The Answer Should Concern You)
And, so, the inevitable continues marching in its inevitable direction… The dollar I am talking about, here, and its incredible shrinking importance in the world, according to data from the International Monetary Fund. You can see what the source of today’s missive is in this chart: Since 1999, the year the euro emerged, the dollar [Read More] …