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Over the weekend on Saturday morning, amid its usual fanfare and attention, Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway released its annual report to the public. This is a pretty big deal each year. Investors and financial reporters typically wait with baited breath to hear what the Oracle himself has to say
On October 19, 1987, the Dow experienced its biggest one-day percentage loss in history – plunging 22.6%. It was “Black Monday.” The selloff was so fast and so severe, nothing else even comes close. The second worst percentage loss for the Dow was October 28, 1929 (also Black Monday) when
[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 February 21, 2018.] If you’ve been following much international news, you’ve probably heard that, after
By the end of the 3rd century AD, the finances of ancient Rome were in terminal crisis. Years and years of debasing the currency had resulted in severe hyperinflation– a period of Roman history known as the Crisis of the Third Century (from AD 235 through AD 284). During the
Cryptocurrencies exist in dog years. That’s how my colleague Tama Churchouse explained the rapid innovation and massive volatility in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The technology is advancing so quickly that one year in the crypto sector is like seven years anywhere else. And the price action reflects this breakneck pace.
Yesterday morning, several banks in Australia started rolling out a new payment system they’re calling NPP, or “New Payments Platform.” Until now, sending a domestic funds transfer in Australia from one bank to another could take several days. It was slow and cumbersome. With NPP, payments are nearly instantaneous. And
Less than two weeks ago, the United States Department of Treasury very quietly released its own internal projections for the federal government’s budget deficits over the next several years. And the numbers are pretty gruesome. In order to plug the gaps from its soaring deficits, the Treasury Department expects 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. For the next five days, we will publish Notes from the Field pieces that have garnered the most attention from you
If you’ve been on the Internet in the past six months, you’ve no doubt seen loads of ads touting “crypto geniuses” that have found the next token that’s going to explode… One guy in particular seems to be following me around to every website I visit, claiming to have some
Last night I was checking out tickets for some upcoming travel. I’ll be headed to Colombia soon to check on the progress of a large cannabis investment we’ve made there, then off to Miami for an event with our Total Access members. After that it’s Puerto Rico to meet with
[Editor’s Note: One of the most important topics we cover in Notes from the Field is the current state of pension funds around the world, a.k.a. the global pension crisis. Many pension funds and social security systems globally do not have enough money to cover the retirement obligations they owe
In the early summer of 1914, Albert Einstein was about to start a prestigious new job as Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics. The position was a big deal for the 35-year old Einstein– confirmation that he was one of the leading scientific minds in the world. And
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