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Why My Friend Plans to Buy a Maltese Passport

Jeff D. Opdyke · June 23, 2022 ·

You have to walk a mile in a man’s moccasins to understand why he wants a second passport from Malta. I come to this observation after a …

Jeff D. Opdyke · June 22, 2022 ·

It’s 1987. Some 32-year-old guy you’ve probably never heard of at that point—Matt Groening—hits you up for a couple of hundred dollars. He has a …

Jeff D. Opdyke · June 21, 2022 ·

It Doesn’t Get Much More Off the Beaten Path Than This Three fingers above the Indian Ocean, a pale and jaundiced moon tries to bleed through a …

Jeff D. Opdyke · June 19, 2022 ·

Plus, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Italy (If You’re the ECB)? Welcome to your Sunday digest…my breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and …

Jeff D. Opdyke · June 18, 2022 ·

A Hidden Gem at the Base of Arabia My cubicle today is a swimming pool, the temperature of which is lukewarm—which, along with the sea breeze off …

Jeff D. Opdyke · June 17, 2022 ·

Look Overseas for Bargains on This Excellent Inflation Hedge Inflation is here. Big inflation—8.6% on an annual basis by last count. Bigger …

Jeff D. Opdyke · June 16, 2022 ·

Yesterday, the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by 0.75 percentage points. This is the largest rate increase in decades. So, I took a break …

Jeff D. Opdyke · June 15, 2022 ·

Your Key Questions Answered About the Metaverse Today’s dispatch is not set in reality. It’s true—every last word of it. Nevertheless, it’s …

Jeff D. Opdyke · June 14, 2022 ·

We Need to Pay Attention to This Little-Known Alarm Signal There was news last week. The latest consumer-price inflation reading hit 8.6%—the …

Jeff D. Opdyke · June 12, 2022 ·

Plus, Japan Embraces an Insane Economic Theory Welcome to your Sunday digest…my breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in …