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I own a seaside house in Africa…and it’s one of the best investments I’ve ever made. I was born in the States, but completed my university …

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Yesterday, Kraken, one of the biggest crypto exchanges in the U.S., agreed to shut down its “staking” program and pay $30 million in fines to settle …

[Read more...] about Video: The SEC Is Cracking Down on One Aspect of Crypto

At this point, we all might as well accept that ChatGPT is going to emerge as World Overlord.  No more presidents. No more dictators. No more …

[Read more...] about Are AI Crypto Tokens a Scam…or a Sign of Things to Come?

Apparently, gasoline prices are on the rise again in America…which has my childhood friend in Louisiana, Jim, carping and whining.  Now, I …

[Read more...] about Why Gas Prices Will Break Record Highs in America

You know what they say about statistics: There’s lies, there’s damn lies, and then there’s…the guy driving the horse-drawn carriage around Central …

[Read more...] about The Big Lie About America’s Jobs Market

Welcome to your weekly digest…my breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in the Global Intelligence world.  First up …

[Read more...] about Digest: The Truth About Big Oil’s “Obscene” Profits

Fair warning: Today’s dispatch is stupid. Like, borderline ignorant.  But that’s the way it has to be because of how idiotic the topic …

[Read more...] about The Idiotic Plan to Mint a $1 Trillion Coin

For many months, I've been writing to you about the growing risks to the U.S. economy and society. Soaring debt… a falling dollar… rising interest …

[Read more...] about Video: Your New Global Diversification Expert

America is bankrupt. The numbers say so.  I was playing around over the weekend with the U.S. Debt Clock website and, my oh my, if you have …

[Read more...] about You Owe $647,000 Because of Uncle Sam

The road to Portugal is paved with 22 pages of processes and costs.  I know this fact because a 22-page proposal landed in my inbox on Monday …

[Read more...] about Why I’m Moving Overseas…Again