Everyone Wants a Piece of This… Everyone’s doing it. Are you? If you’re a long-time Field Notes reader, you’re probably doing it, even if just a …
Is It 2021 for Crypto All Over Again?
Why You’ll Wish You’d Bought Crypto in 2025. It kinda feels like we’re going back to the future. In November of 2021, I was busy minting …
Gold Goes Up 40% Overnight?
The Latest Twist in the Gold Market… Editor’s Note: Today, a thought experiment. I wrote this piece about 10 days ago, after the Trump …
August 2025: Opportunity in Asia: 6 Ways to Invest.
In the 19th-century, global trade and economics were dominated by the British Empire… The 20th century, of course, belonged to …
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How China Could Make Gold Prices Explode
China’s “Secret Gold Buying”—and What It Means for the Market… “El Jefe,” the question from Kevin began, “in one of your dispatches, you say that …
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What Happens If Trump Tries for a Third Term?
The 2028 Crisis No One Wants to Talk About… We pick up today where yesterday we left off yesterday… addressing a couple of reader questions about …
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America’s Next Big Gamble
Financial Cliff Ahead—And the Strange Ways Washington Might Dodge It… What does America look like in five years? What does it look like in the …
Why Bitcoin Is America’s Financial Lifeline
Bitcoin at $5 Million? It’s Closer Than You Think… Horace Rackham walked into Michigan Savings Bank with a question: Should he take advantage of …
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The Real Economy vs. Propaganda
Evita Meets Yankee Doodle Dandee. Truth is so passé. Seems it died back in 2007—at least in the US government. You likely won’t know the name …
The Gold Flip That Breaks the System…
When the Gold Supply Is Worth More Than America’s Debt—What Happens Then? Back in the day—in 2017, when I first waded into crypto—a term was …