5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – April 14th, 2023
The “Experts” Have Lost Their Minds Edition So many of the decisions that impact our financial lives are made by unelected bureaucrats who have never run a business. Think for a minute about how much the price of your home, which is the most valuable asset owned (or rented) by most American families, is affected … Read more
The Cause of Inflation
This post originally appeared on April 12, 2023. DKI has written constantly about inflation since November of 2021 when we warned that it was going to be a bigger and more persistent problem than most people thought. We also provided practical specific ideas for how to protect your portfolio. By January of 2022, we were … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – April 7th, 2023
Are We Turning the Corner Yet? Well, it’s Complicated. I’d like to start this week’s “5 Things” with a personal note. DKI intern, Dylan Kogan, will be moving on to focus on final exams and his first big post-graduation job. (100% success rate for DKI interns!) He started by helping with the “5 Things” graphs … Read more
The Petrodollar is Dying
This post originally appeared on April 6, 2023 DKI has covered the decline of the petrodollar more than a dozen times in the last year. Most notably, I gave an hour-long lecture at the Institute for World Politics explaining how the anti-Russian sanctions were not hurting the Russians; but rather, destroying the value of the … Read more
Barron’s Has No Idea What’s Going On – And Gold
This post originally appeared on April 4, 2023 Apologies – this post was written on April 4. I just realized today that I hit the “save draft” button instead of publishing. As a result, the post is late and out of order. DKI regrets the error. I’m normally a big fan of Barron’s. Their analysis … Read more
