Paid to Quit Social Media

“A study of happiness found that social media use ranked dead last, out of twenty-seven different tracked leisure activities, in making people happy.” – Scott Galloway, author of The Algebra of Wealth The French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal said, “"all of...

The Next Crisis

“Predicting what the world will look like fifty years from now is impossible. But predicting that people will still respond to greed, fear, opportunity, exploitation,…
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Where Inflation Actually Comes From

“Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink, and make the combination worthless.” – Milton Friedman on money printing and…
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When Did Pessimism Become Cool?

“We were told this summer would see a recession and bear market. Instead, we just had one of the best summer rallies ever.” – Ryan…
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There is No Magic Retirement Number

Why the “$2 Million to Retire” Rule Is Misleading If you’ve ever Googled “How much do I need to retire?”, you’ve likely come across articles…
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The Fed’s Odd Rate Cut

“There’s nothing people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.” – Adam McKay, American screenwriter After months of speculation, markets have fully priced in a…
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Bitcoin’s Crazy Train

“I’m going off the rails of the crazy train.” – Ozzy Osbourne Bitcoin (BTC) started as an obscure experiment. The polarizing digital asset has barreled…
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How to Drive your Retirement Portfolio into the Ground

“Invert, always invert.” – Charlie Munger, the Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett’s partner. Long-term investing is boring. Markets take time, discipline is hard,…
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The Dog That Didn’t Bark

“Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.” – Peter…
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Bear Market Feedback is Gold

“Investors’ mental models tend to be simple, based on recent history, an extrapolation of trends, and an overreliance on frameworks that worked recently.” – Dan…
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