The Disaster Edition! Sorry for the clickbait headline. We don’t have an actual disaster right now; just a few potential ones. If you’ve been sleeping too well at night, then keep reading. We’ll tell you the things that should be worrying you. Don’t want to worry too much? No problem – Just subscribe to DKI … Read more
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
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
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
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
