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Weekly Digest: Dallas Cowboys Owner Scores Big With a Natural Gas Play
Welcome to your Sunday digest…my breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in the Global Intelligence world. First up …
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The American Dream…But Flavored With Different Spices
My first house, in a Dallas suburb called Flower Mound, cost $117,000, which included the $10,000 cost for a new salt-water pool. My salary …
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Why My Friend Plans to Buy a Maltese Passport
You have to walk a mile in a man’s moccasins to understand why he wants a second passport from Malta. I come to this observation after a …
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Own the Next Bart Simpson or Bugs Bunny…for Just a Few Hundred Bucks
It’s 1987. Some 32-year-old guy you’ve probably never heard of at that point—Matt Groening—hits you up for a couple of hundred dollars. He has a …
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Chasing Sea Turtles on the Beaches of Oman
It Doesn’t Get Much More Off the Beaten Path Than This Three fingers above the Indian Ocean, a pale and jaundiced moon tries to bleed through a …
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Weekly Digest: The Property Market Is Approaching a Seismic Shift
Plus, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Italy (If You’re the ECB)? Welcome to your Sunday digest…my breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and …
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Camel Roadblocks and Luxury Resorts: The Digital Nomad Life in Oman
A Hidden Gem at the Base of Arabia My cubicle today is a swimming pool, the temperature of which is lukewarm—which, along with the sea breeze off …
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Get This Inflation-Busting Asset at a Discount
Look Overseas for Bargains on This Excellent Inflation Hedge Inflation is here. Big inflation—8.6% on an annual basis by last count. Bigger …
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Video: Is America Barreling Toward a Recession?
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by 0.75 percentage points. This is the largest rate increase in decades. So, I took a break …
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