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I’ve Been Lying About My Childhood All These Years

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 14, 2022 ·

Don’t Downsize in Retirement…Upsize to a More Rewarding Life It feels like I’ve been lying all these years. For most of my adult life, I’ve …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 13, 2022 ·

Recently, we learned that PayPal is exploring the launch of its own stablecoin…a kind of cryptocurrency that shadows the U.S. dollar. This is part …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 12, 2022 ·

Buying This NFT Might Be the Best Investment I’ve Ever Made This is gonna be legendary. Several weeks back I wrote to you about my …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 11, 2022 ·

Let’s get the depressing news out of the way here at the outset. Happier stuff to come in a moment. U.S. military leaders are voicing concern that …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 9, 2022 ·

Plus the Driverless Car Future Is Speeding Toward Us Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 8, 2022 ·

Why I’m Not Worried by the Latest Market Slide Crypto is having a moment—again. As I write this, major cryptos like bitcoin and Ethereum are …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 6, 2022 ·

These Returns Are Out of This World Maybe I’ll change my name to Han Solo. Why? Because I bought a spaceship. A real beater—kinda like Han …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 5, 2022 ·

Why People Are Quitting Their Jobs in Record Numbers My wife wants to be a writer. I can’t blame her. It’s a great job—no question. But I can …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 4, 2022 ·

Turn the Doomsday Prophecies About Inflation to Your Advantage And just like that, back to reality. The last week or so was nice. Quiet. I did a …

Jeff D. Opdyke · January 1, 2022 ·

Well, first off—Happy New Year! Now we launch into 2022 and it’s quite likely to be a memorable year. What with inflation/stagflation, …