Today, we start with a history lesson. But don't be too quick to move along just yet. There's a bigger message coming—patience beats power. And the …
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China Is Now the Global Oil Power
Don’t you just hate it when you’re working on the assumption that it’s one thing, and turns out it was something entirely different? Take the war …
The Easiest Way to Make Your Nest Egg Feel Twice as Big
You don’t necessarily need more money. You may just need a different address. Self-congratulations are in order: I moved from a country ranked 5th …
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$1 Million a Minute Since JFK
America’s $40 trillion problem. What does $40 trillion actually look like? You cannot picture it. I certainly can’t. No one can. It’s …
Abracadabra—Washington’s $1.3 Trillion Magic Trick
It wouldn't be the first time... Somewhere on a Treasury spreadsheet, a ridiculously small number might soon become a number so large, the human …
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The Big Book of Jeff
Don’t leave your family a scavenger hunt. People think that a will is the most important financial document they’re gonna leave behind when they …
The Yankee Tiger is Coming
What Ireland’s comeback tells us about America’s future. March 30, 1979. Eleven o’clock in the morning—on the dot. Ireland cut a cord that had been …
The Crisis Washington Is Waiting For
There’s one way out of America’s debt trap—and your wallet pays the price. A crisis is coming. But don't expect Washington to stop it. Because …
The Beer Run Used to End at the Border
Today, the surveillance can follow you all the way home. Back in the day of Prohibition America, a lot of people found themselves suffering under a …
It’s Three-Card Monte—And You’re the Mark
The Fed are fudging the numbers… The problem with the government—well, one of the problems with the government—is that it always feels …
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