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The Fallacy You’ve Been Sold for Forty Years

Jeff D. Opdyke · November 2, 2023 ·

Do Debts and Deficits Really Matter? Maybe those addle-brained homeless dudes holding up signs urging “Repent! The end is nigh” were right after …

Jeff D. Opdyke · November 1, 2023 ·

My New Side-Hustle Exists Only in the Cryptoconomy Greetings from wet and cold Amsterdam. Great city. Less-than-great weather. But coastal, …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 31, 2023 ·

The American Consumers Lives and Breathes Debt I’m sure that somewhere in your past, you’ve heard the snarky comment about “Rearranging deck chairs …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 27, 2023 ·

A Bitcoin ETF Will Open the Floodgates for Crypto I wasn’t going to write about bitcoin and crypto again this week. …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 26, 2023 ·

America is being held hostage. By a number. That number: 2%. Now, I wish I could tell you that I’m talking about 2% milk, which is an …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 25, 2023 ·

The Asset That Makes Ivory Tower Economists Look Like Fools Does something evil this way come? The gold market …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 24, 2023 ·

War, Inflation, and a Complete Bond Market Collapse Fair warning: This is not a joyous and cheerful column. Of course, we do not live in a …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 20, 2023 ·

Bitcoin’s Price Could Hit $170,000 or More Soon… I want to convey a message today as plainly and unequivocally as …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 19, 2023 ·

Uncle Sam’s Debt Keeps Piling Higher and Higher… With No Buyers in Sight What if you throw a party and no one shows up? Does that mean all your …

Jeff D. Opdyke · October 18, 2023 ·

Prepare Your Portfolio for $200-Plus Oil War in the Middle East—did anyone have that on their bingo card for 2023? I didn’t. And that just …