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My Close Call With a Crypto Bank Run
Today’s missive comes with a warning label: Tread cautiously. Maybe you heard about a little kerfuffle billionaire Mark Cuban had in the crypto …
Why Cryptos Will Make It Easier to Live Overseas
Earlier this week, I met up with my landlord for some beef stroganoff at an al fresco café in Prague. As we drained our beers and waited on our …
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What the Price of a Beer in Prague Tells Me About Inflation in America
Sacre bleu (or the Czech version thereof)! A half-liter of beer at one of my favorite parks where I often write here in Prague is now 42 Czech …
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The Best, Cheapest Way to Own Physical Gold
In a moment, I’m going to tell about a new way I’ve discovered of owning physical gold. For my money, it’s the best and cheapest way of owning …
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Video: Why This Is the Perfect Time to Try Freelancing
In March and April last year, right at the outset of the pandemic, I started writing about the long-term impact that COVID would have on the way we …
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Amazon Is Sharing Your WiFi…Here’s How to Make It Stop
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What Collecting Baseball Cards Taught Me About Money
In 1960—six years before I invaded the world—a 12-card pack of Topps baseball cards cost a dime. I know this because in 10th grade I worked in a …
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The Fed Is Actively Telling Us to Buy This Asset
Back in my college days at Louisiana State University, I needed to take a class I was sure to hate: philosophical logic—philosophy peppered with …
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The Key Lesson Everyone Needs to Learn About Investing—When to Sell
My landlord texted me, clearly in a panic… Late last year, we sat down for coffee on a snowy morning in Prague. He wanted to pick my brain …
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