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America May Have Brighter Days Ahead. But Your Retirement Might Not

Ted Baumann · November 1, 2026 ·

“And now, after that doom and gloom, let’s turn to…” I cringed inwardly as the MC intoned those words. It probably showed outwardly as well. My …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 31, 2026 ·

FOW Behind the Scenes — made with VEED Last week at my Future of Wealth Summit in Dublin, I laid out my case for where the smart money is …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 29, 2026 ·

Nothing happens “all of a sudden.” Behind every all-of-a-sudden sea change are years of frustrations, angers, and resentments. Years of feeling …

Ted Baumann · October 24, 2026 ·

Wise people have always said that the only constant is change. That’s certainly true for international migration in the last few years. And change …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 22, 2026 ·

Maybe you’ve been sensing this, too—the feeling that something seems amiss in America today. Like, the national mood is defeatist. People feel like …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 21, 2026 ·

Yesterday, I laid out a disturbing possibility: Washington might have found a way to use crypto to make a big chunk of America's $40 trillion debt …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 20, 2026 ·

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent might have found a way to use crypto to save America from itself. It will not save any of us, however. Much …

Ted Baumann · October 16, 2026 ·

Africa is selling passports… but if the term caveat emptor ever applied to anything, it applies to this. In the last 24 months, three African …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 15, 2026 ·

Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. And if your wish is a stronger Chinese yuan, you may be undermining the US dollar by …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 13, 2026 ·

The Chinese are at it again. In September, the People’s Bank of China added roughly 23 tonnes of gold to its ever-growing mountain of gold …