My Louisiana “Bank Run.” I am not a nervous flier. I’ve been flying since I was about seven years old—often alone on trips between Houston and …
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As the Dollar Falls—This Asset Rises
The Day of Harvest Is Coming… “When someone shows you who they are,believe them the first time.” - Maya Angelou The world’s central bankers …
The History of Citizenship—Part II
Opportunities Are Disappearing… Now Is the Time to Act… Last week, I indulged in a little history lesson about citizenship and passports. You can …
The Strange, Sordid History of Your Passport
The 1648 Law That Changed the Course of the World… What is citizenship? Given the number of people looking for a second passport—not to mention …
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Fortune Favors the Prepared
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 …
I Paid No Income Tax for 2 Decades (Legally)
You Can Do It Too… You’ve seen internet headlines promising that if you move overseas, you won’t have to pay US income tax anymore. It’s true. For …
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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 …