Fall has come to Prague. Finally. Summer was rough. My apartment, on the top floor of what my landlord tells me is an 18th century …
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Why I’ve Changed My Mind About the Fed’s Next Big Move
When my son was about 9 years old, he threatened to run away. He packed a Mickey Mouse bag with a soccer shirt, a baseball hat, one …
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Video: On the Ground for El Salvador’s Bitcoin Rollout
This is a historic day for crypto. Starting today, El Salvador adopts bitcoin as one of its official currencies…marking the first time a country …
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Weekly Digest: Win Free Crypto by Playing a Smartphone Game
Plus the Chinese Property Giant on the Brink of Collapse Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and …
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Crypto in Your 401(k)? Yes, It’s Possible…and It’s a Great Idea
If you had the chance to turn 5% of your retirement account into a life-changing amount of wealth…but you had to risk losing the entire 5%, what …
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Weekly Digest: El Salvador Prepares for its Great Bitcoin Experiment
Plus Further Signs of Inflationary Pressures Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about …
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62, 67, or 70? Here’s When I’m Claiming My Retirement Benefits From Uncle Sam
A bird in the hand? Two in the bush? Or a pig in a poke? Seems like the appropriate collection of possibilities when folks get to chatting …
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Malta: The Good, the Bad, and the Remarkably Beautiful
“Could we live there?” My wife posed that question in a video chat we had last weekend. “There” is Malta, where I’m on a research trip. She …
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An Important Life Lesson From Expats in Malta
Why I Don’t Miss the Suburban-Home, Three-Car Lifestyle The church bells are ringing to mark the death of another …
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Crashing Cars in Malta…and Loving It
It all began with an iPhone, an 80-year-old man, a cement truck, and a street barely wide enough for two donkeys to pass without their ears …