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On June 8, 2006, more than a decade ago, armed agents from the Internal Revenue Service arrived at the home of Michael and Shelly Ioane of Atwater, California. Michael Ioane was suspected of tax fraud, and the IRS agents were there to conduct a search of the premises and look
This month, college freshmen across the US are settling into their new lives. For the next four (or five… or maybe even six) years, they’ll be immersed in safe spaces and bombarded with repugnant, hyper-socialist groupthink. Then, at the end, they’ll walk away with a degree of questionable use… but
Last week I wrote about farmland in South Africa… And how it’s taken a pounding thanks to a radical politician who is threatening to seize farmland from white farmers without compensation. While I don’t think it’s time to buy South African farmland yet – that situation can get MUCH worse
We poke a lot of fun at the MANY absurdities we see in this current bubble. As we’ve discussed countless times over the past few years, there are consequences from the fact that central bankers have conjured trillions of dollars out of thin air and pushed down interest rates to
[Editor’s Note: As we’re coming up on the end of the year, we thought it would be appropriate to republish some of our most popular Notes articles of 2018. Today’s article was originally published on September 17, 2018.] It was mid-September in 1683, almost 335 years ago to the day.
“Holy Crap– turn on your TV! This is crazy!” It was Sunday, September 14, 2008. Exactly 10 years ago to the day. My friend Jeff called me and told me to turn on the television—where I saw dozens of people on the streets of Manhattan filing out of a skyscraper
One of our major themes this year has been avoiding big mistakes… Mostly, we’ve been talking about avoiding assets that are irrationally expensive (like most stocks and real estate today). And we’ve been discussing ways to raise cash and diversify outside of traditional investments to protect your capital. But now
An insane event on March 2, 2017 likely signaled the top of the current market… On that day, shares of Snap (SNAP), owner of the popular Snapchat app, went public at a valuation of more than $30 billion. But it wasn’t the sky-high stock price that made this IPO special.
If your retirement plans consist entirely of that pension you’ve been promised, it’s time to start looking elsewhere. As you probably know, pensions are giant pools of capital responsible for paying out retirement benefits to workers. And right now many pension funds around the world simply don’t have enough assets
[Editor’s note: Yesterday we published the first installment of a special essay from Jim Grant on the 10 most important lessons learned in his 35 years in finance.] Today, we continue with the final lessons… 6. Markets are not perfectly efficient. Because the people who operate them aren’t perfectly reasonable.
[Editor’s note: Yesterday, we published a podcast we recorded with the legendary financial commentator, Jim Grant. Jim is the editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer – one of the most-respected and followed financial publications in the world. In his 35 years writing Grant’s, Jim has seen a financial cycle or
If the US government doesn’t act quickly, Americans may be stuck with years more of deteriorating healthcare and skyrocketing medical bills. Back in 2010, Congress and President Obama completely overhauled the US healthcare system with the “Affordable” Care Act (aka Obamacare). Their intention was to provide all US citizens with
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