If You Don’t Yet Have a Plan B—Start Now. I think there’s a saying about “fortune favoring the prepared.” If such a saying doesn’t exist, well, …
How Trump Changed My Investing Plans
What I’m Doing Different… You open your brokerage account to check in on your menagerie of stocks and under the “Activity” tab you see …
June 2025 – 5X Profits With “The Future of Money”…
In this issue, we’re returning to the cryptoconomy… When Charles Schwab and the other discount stock brokerages emerged in the 1970s and ’80s, they …
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The Fall of America in 1 Chart
A Full-Frontal Financial Attack… We launch into today’s dispatch with a chart, courtesy of Visual Capitalist and the Hinrich …
Can China Win the Tariff War?
Yes—Here’s How… The comment was not what I expected. And frankly, I felt sheepishly stupid. I was proud of my purchase: a second phone—a global …
How China’s Attack on the US Begins
I’ve Been Predicting This for 15 Years… The thing about black swans is that they’re not so much black as they are invisible. And therein lies the …
Investing When You Don’t Have Much to Invest
4 Recommendations to Get You Started… Today, another reader mailbag. This Ask El Jefe question comes from “M” (I’ll leave her name out), and it’s …
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3 Ways to Own Swiss Francs (And Protect Yourself From a Falling Dollar)
Plus: The Great Swiss Franc Hunt of ’94. The first time I bought Swiss francs was, well, laughable—at least looking back on that moment three …
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Monthly Wealth Advisory – May 2025
The US Senate just took a major action on crypto. And according to the Chief Information Officer with Bitwise, the world’s first crypto index fund, …
Lunacy
A Starter Home for $1 Million? I guess we file this one under “Lunacy.” Zillow, the housing app, has a report out titled: In 233 U.S. Cities, Even …