Category: World
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Are People Opting Out of the System?
Over the past couple years I’ve noticed a small but increasingly vocal portion of society that has given up on their futures. In public, you’d never know who these people are. They could be your coworkers, friends or family. Many don’t publicly express their views, but anonymous channels like Reddit are allowing these people to […]
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How would markets react to a tactical nuke?
Warning: This article took me to dark places. I’d rather not write about this stuff, but who else is? Tomorrow morning you wake up and head downstairs. The kids are already up, but instead of watching their usual cartoon their show was interrupted by breaking news of a nuclear explosion in Kiev. What happens next? […]
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I’ve got bad news, and worse news
I’ve got bad news and I’ve got worse news. The bad news: the world doesn’t possess the known commodity reserves (e.g. copper, lithium, nickel) required to transition to green energy sources (see Professor Eliot Jacobson’s tweet below). These materials are needed to build batteries, solar panels, etc. The worse news: since the raw materials don’t exist in […]
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$150 oil?
On January 20th, 2022 I wrote a short post suggesting $100 oil could be in our future. Just over a month later I was right. (Sometimes it happens.) In the business of investing you only need to be right 51% of the time to make a living. Let your winners ride and limit your losses. […]
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A nuclear war cannot be won
We can all agree that a nuclear war cannot be won. Yet, the Russia-Ukraine war is quickly escalating. Russia just announced it will cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria starting April 27th. The West is arming Ukraine. And threats are being made by all involved. It doesn’t matter who is right or wrong, […]
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