I bought a bunch of silver coins this week. Brooksley Born made me do it. Unless you’re related to Brooksley, it’s understandable that you …
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Video: Is the Fed About to Surrender in the Battle Against Inflation?
At its meeting earlier this month, the Federal Reserve again raised interest rates by a massive 0.75 percentage points in its ongoing battle against …
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Why I’m Glad That I Got Fired in My 50s
I want to start by saying, “Happy Turkey Day!” Hope you have a fantastic day watching football, catching up with family, and napping in the …
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Highway to the (Retirement) Danger Zone
A new report popped up in my inbox that I want to tell you about today. The report’s title: Danger Zone—Global retirement security challenges come …
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I Murdered Rudolph…and I’d Do It Again
I killed Rudolph. Not directly, mind you, but I do have reindeer blood on my hands. In my defense, his fur felt warm and I knew it would look …
Digest: The Shocking Truth About Salaries in the U.S.
Welcome to your Sunday digest…my breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in the Global Intelligence world. First …
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Video: The One Upside to the Recent Crypto Volatility
The recent collapse of the crypto exchange FTX has had a significant impact on the crypto market, pushing down the prices of many tokens. It has …
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What Now for Bitcoin After the FTX Debacle?
When I started on the first version of this column a week or so ago, it began with the sentence: “And then bitcoin shrugged…” My original …
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Test-Driving Life at the End of the Earth
I have seen the end of the world. They speak Portuguese there. The end of the world, it turns out, is a spit of land in Sagres, Portugal that juts …
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My Wife’s Second Passport Mission to Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw in the winter. I can already feel the frostbite. But that’s where we’re now headed in my wife’s ongoing quest to re-establish her …
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