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Jeff D. Opdyke · December 21, 2024 ·

Revenge of the Bond Vigilantes. We start today in the way-back, in 1993, with a quote in The Wall Street Journal that appeared just a couple …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 20, 2024 ·

The Case for Not Following the Crowd… I’m dispatching today from Porto, Portugal. And let me say right from the outset that I love this …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 19, 2024 ·

Why I Don’t Own US Treasuries… Maybe it’s Stockholm Syndrome. I don’t know. But I really tried to come at this with an open mind. “This” is a …

Ted Baumann · December 17, 2024 ·

Cut-Price Residency Options Now Available… The second half of 2024 saw some significant changes with European Golden Visas. This comes after …

Ted Baumann · December 16, 2024 ·

You Could Pay 0% Income Taxes… As the US tax season gets going, I thought it would be useful to say a few words about optimizing your taxes through …

Ted Baumann · December 15, 2024 ·

9 Out of 10 People Haven’t Thought of This… I paused to consider what I’d just heard. “Really? Fifteen rental properties around the world? Why, …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 13, 2024 ·

The Case for Putting 5% of Your Wealth in BTC. It’s always nice to know you’re not the only lunatic. I woke up today and, as I do every morning, I …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 11, 2024 ·

Am I Selling a Lifestyle Most Americans Can Never Experience? It turns out I’m a “tradwife.” Yeah, I know—“Kinda hard to be a tradwife, El Jefe, …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 9, 2024 ·

Today in Field Notes, we’re doing something different. Every Tuesday for the past few weeks, you’ve been hearing at the end of every dispatch from …

Ted Baumann · December 7, 2024 ·

I swung precariously about 100 feet above the forest floor. The motorized zip line chair I’d chosen for a canopy tour had run out of battery, and I …