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The Idiotic Plan to Mint a $1 Trillion Coin

Jeff D. Opdyke · February 4, 2023 ·

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 …

Jeff D. Opdyke · February 3, 2023 ·

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 …

Jeff D. Opdyke · February 2, 2023 ·

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 …

Jeff D. Opdyke · February 1, 2023 ·

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 …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 31, 2023 ·

I don’t know how you’d feel about an extra $182.48 per month, but me, I’m pretty stoked. Particularly because I know that with high-yield …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 29, 2023 ·

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

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 28, 2023 ·

“Sometimes you’re the windshield,” Dire Straits once sang. “Sometimes you’re the bug.” I have a suspicion that we’re moving into a …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 27, 2023 ·

Gold has been on a tear of late. The price of gold is now north of $1,900 per ounce…its highest level since hitting an all-time high in 2020. So …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 26, 2023 ·

The cliché on Wall Street is that “no one rings a bell at the top or bottom of the market.” In crypto, they don’t either. But…they …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 25, 2023 ·

What’s the cost of impatience? I know that answer: $3,502.34. That, or thereabouts, is what my impatience cost me. To be fair, I …