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The World is Turning Its Back on America’s Debt

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 5, 2023 ·

Treasury Bonds Are a Bag Nobody Wants To Hold Well, this is discouraging… Yahoo Finance reported last week that “Nobody wants U.S. Treasury …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 1, 2023 ·

Ignore Crypto at Your Own Risk… “Can We Please Stop The Crypto Investor Madness Now.” Headlines such as that bring a smile to my day. Just …

Jeff D. Opdyke · November 30, 2023 ·

Is the American Dream Truly Dead? America—where dreams go to die? A very displeasing intro to today’s dispatch, without question. But …

Jeff D. Opdyke · November 29, 2023 ·

Be Lightyears Ahead of the Masses When Tech Takes Over In the end, we’re all just pets. That assessment might be a bit facetious—though, …

Jeff D. Opdyke · November 28, 2023 ·

These Sectors Will See an Influx of Money in 2024 This is the time of year when those of us who play at economic prognostication like to …

Jeff D. Opdyke · November 24, 2023 ·

This Overlooked Metal Will Ride to the Rescue When the Dollar Fails If you know with a reasonable certainty that your house will flood at some …

Jeff D. Opdyke · November 23, 2023 ·

This Probably Wasn’t the Bird You Were Thinking About Today… Ah! well a-day! what evil looksHad I from old and young!Instead of the cross, the …

Jeff D. Opdyke · November 22, 2023 ·

The Dollars Weakens by the Day… When you’re a pig and you own a house made of brick, you don’t really care that the Big Bad Wolf is outside …

Jeff D. Opdyke · November 21, 2023 ·

Overcoming the Soaring Costs of Eldercare Saddest day of my life: December 24, 1989. I was living and working Southern California. My …

Jeff D. Opdyke · November 17, 2023 ·

The Fed Seems Eager to Cut Rates… How Will That Shake Out? The rumors are swirling… The Fed’s 21 months of tyranny and torture are …