As I do every December, I’m using the final issue of the year to review our portfolio and gauge where we went right and where we went wrong. Over …
[Read more...] about December 2025: Our Best-Performing Investments Are Up as Much as 147%…
Jeff D. Opdyke is an American financial writer and investment expert based in Portugal. He spent 17 years covering personal finance and investing for the Wall Street Journal, worked as a trader and a hedge fund analyst, and has written 10 books on such topics as investing globally and personal finance.
Jeff D. Opdyke · ·
As I do every December, I’m using the final issue of the year to review our portfolio and gauge where we went right and where we went wrong. Over …
[Read more...] about December 2025: Our Best-Performing Investments Are Up as Much as 147%…
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The Math Isn’t Adding Up… We’re nowhere near April, but income taxes are everywhere in the news these days… and, I can assure you, all over …
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The True Poverty Line in America Today, we’re going to play a game I’m calling “True or Stupid.” The rules are simple: I’m going to give you a …
[Read more...] about The American Middle Class is Dead… And the Stats Prove It
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In your latest Monthly Wealth Advisory… I’ve been writing recently that crypto—specifically, stablecoins (which are backed 1:1 by US dollars or …
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Panama and the Global Dollar Problem Today, we delve into the bag of Ask El Jefe questions and the one we pull out is from Steve M., who has …
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What My Rental Car Says About China’s Quiet Coup With a lurch, my car came to an abrupt stop. The message on the dashboard of my Mini Cooper …
[Read more...] about The Dollar’s Not Ready For What’s Coming
