Bad Juju. We return to gold… I sent you a dispatch last week about the Panama Route, a little-known anecdote from the Civil War in which steamers sailed the San Francisco–Panama–New York City route laden with what would ultimately amount to $200 million in gold. This California Gold Rush wealth helped the US government defeat [Read More] …
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The Bitcoin Retirement Portfolio
The Case for Putting 5% of Your Wealth in BTC. It’s always nice to know you’re not the only lunatic. I woke up today and, as I do every morning, I reached for my phone to scroll the overnight news for a few minutes before heading to the shower and breakfast. And what pops up? [Read More] …
Six-Figure Bitcoin Is No Longer a Delusion
Crypto’s Just a Fad, Right? Two years ago, you’d have been hard-pressed to find many people who thought we’d ever see numbers like we’re seeing right now… Most figured zero was the next stop… But here we are. You might surmise that I’m referring to bitcoin. And you’d be right. Maybe you saw or heard [Read More] …
The Political “Super Shock” About to Hit America
All Good Things… In America . . . it may be said that the township was organized before the county, the county before the state, the state before the union. – Alexis de Tocqueville The worst part of all good things coming to an end is that you have to learn to begin again. And that [Read More] …
Gold Is the New Tech
The Writing on the Wall Is in Permanent Marker… Apparently, someone knows something. Actually, let me rephrase: Apparently, a lot of someones know something. Maybe you saw the news that gold fever has descended upon Costco. Per Bloomberg, 77% of Costco stores across the country have sold out of the one-ounce gold bullion bars that [Read More] …