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Your Savings Aren’t Safe March 8, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Privacy Invasion, Technology Last week, I explained that we’re in the middle of the first war of the globalized era. It’s the first time one of the major world economies has been cut off from international trade and finance. Because we live in this globalized world, we can’t escape the consequences. Commodity prices are already soaring, especially energy base metals, with grain prices beating their previous 14-year highs. The supply-side shock will no doubt reinforce our already punishing inflation. But there’s another key factor that makes this war different from all others that have come before. It’s a whole new kind of battlefield that poses a direct threat to your portfolio and your hard-earned savings. I’m talking about cybersecurity.
The Fed’s Failure To Launch, Rivian Rips & McDonald’s Dips February 14, 2022 Great Stuff The Fed Goes Jekyll And Hyde Great Ones, there’s something funny about the Federal Reserve. I mean, when I talk about the Fed, I’m typically talking directly about Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell — aka J. Pow or J. Money depending on which subreddit you’re on. Everybody funny, Mr. Great Stuff. Now you funny too. […]
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…
Spotify’s Rogan Rabble Rousing, Bumbling Into Fruitz & Peloton’s Parley February 7, 2022 Great Stuff Spotify: For What It’s Worth… Great Ones, how much do you believe in the “free market?” I know. I know. Quite a few of you out there are thinking: Free market? Ha. It’s all rigged, my man! But that’s not quite what I’m getting at today, and if you’ve read the headline … you already […]
Microsoft’s Boundless Bounty, Dreamliner Nightmares & Disney’s Mattel Cartel January 26, 2022 Great Stuff Microsoft’s Sweet Sales Soliloquy But Microsoft (Nasdaq: )! What light through yonder Windows breaks? It is quarterly earnings, and Azure is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious cloud computing competitors who are already sick and pale with grief that thou, the OG tech company, art far more fair than they. Oh, Great […]





