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Take This Barrel of Oil and I Will Give You $40 March 2, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy As the pandemic sunk the entire global economy, the world was awash in too much oil. And storing oil is expensive, so producers were paying buyers just to take it off their hands! Things are very different today. Oil is pushing over $100 to hit levels we haven’t seen since 2014, reflecting today’s scenario of tight supplies and little extra capacity. It just goes to show how unstable these commodities markets can be from one year to the next. A major crash could be around the next corner and most investors probably wouldn’t know it. In fact, here’s why the world is possibly staring at a full-blown energy crisis...
The 1st War of the Globalized Era March 1, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Investment Opportunities, News Would World War II have come as quickly as it did? Probably not. In reality, Germany was already isolated. After 1933, the Nazis moved to make the country self-reliant. Everything went to Hitler's war machine. Germany didn't depend on Europe for anything in 1939, and vice versa. From its spurious historical rationale to its bloodiness, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a carbon copy of Hitler’s invasion of Poland (with one exception: Putin's blitzkrieg appears to be failing in the face of fanatical Ukrainian resistance).And yet, Russian commodities still flow westward. Although Western sanctions have ratcheted up faster than I expected, there are still big carve-outs for Russian energy exports.
What Russia’s War Means for Your Investments February 25, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Global Economy, News Russia's invasion of the Ukraine is official. With tanks in the street, sanctions set to fly and Russia's stock market in free fall, Ted Bauman takes a moment to zoom out and look at the bigger picture for your portfolio. Today's video covers Russia's motivations for going to war, the likely outcome for global commodities prices, and how you can safely grow and protect your wealth as history unfolds in Eastern Europe.
This Cold War Warrior Is Siding With Russia February 24, 2022 Investing, Trading Strategies, True Options Masters Cold War veteran and options expert Mike Carr has a contrarian take on the Russia-Ukraine conflict — and what it means for U.S. markets...
Angry. Disillusioned. Doomed? February 8, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing South Africa is drop-dead gorgeous. Its people are the salt of the earth. But it is one of the most unequal societies in the world, which makes it a challenging place to live … to put it mildly. One thing I've learned in my travels is that when inequality reaches extreme levels, dire consequences follow. So, when a new data set on inequality in the U.S. arrived in my inbox, I realized I had the makings of this week's Bauman Daily. If you doubt the relevance to growing and protecting your investments, read on…





