When you’re accustomed to the beatings, you never trust the helping hand. And for the last decade or so, the beatings have …
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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.
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When you’re accustomed to the beatings, you never trust the helping hand. And for the last decade or so, the beatings have …
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What are you most worried about? That’s not a figurative question. I am truly curious. Are their financial/investment matters that cause you …
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Another day, another China-inspired bloodletting in the crypto market. Maybe you saw—China is now pushing banks and financial-services …
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I don’t know if this is still a TV commercial in America, but maybe you remember it. Some random guy successfully operates on a patient …
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You might recall that on Saturday, I wrote to you about Iron. Finance and how Mark Cuban and I got wrapped up in a crypto disaster last week. (If you …
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Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in the Global Intelligence world. This week, …
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Earlier this week, I met up with my landlord for some beef stroganoff at an al fresco café in Prague. As we drained our beers and waited on our …
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Sacre bleu (or the Czech version thereof)! A half-liter of beer at one of my favorite parks where I often write here in Prague is now 42 Czech …
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In a moment, I’m going to tell about a new way I’ve discovered of owning physical gold. For my money, it’s the best and cheapest way of owning …
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