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[Editor’s Note: Today’s Notes, originally published one year ago, is about one of the most impactful things I do each year. If you know a young entrepreneur who may be interested in what we’re doing, please forward this piece along. It could change their lives…] I’ve always been a big
I’ve long held a working theory that US voters are completely predictable in Presidential elections. The idea is that Americans almost invariably tend to swing wildly every few election cycles, voting for the candidate who is as close to the opposite of the current guy as possible. Let’s go back
Earlier this month, General Electric took a $6.2 billion charge to its insurance unit for the fourth quarter. And the company said it will set aside another $15 billion over seven years to bolster reserves at GE Capital. The charge had to do with long-term care policies (to pay for
After having traveled to more than 120 countries in my life, the only person I know who’s been to more places than I have is Jim Rogers. Jim is a legend– a phenomenal investor, author, and all-around great guy. (His book Adventure Capitalist is a must-read, chronicling his multi-year driving
Almost exactly a year ago to the day, on January 23, 2017, I wrote to you in this column that the US dollar was overvalued against almost every currency in the world. Specifically, I described how Donald Trump and Fed Chair Janet Yellen BOTH wanted a weaker US dollar: Donald
Puerto Rico won’t repay any of its $72 billion of debt until 2022… The US territory declared bankruptcy last May. A combination of a shrinking population, bloated pensions and a job crisis (in 2006, the US government repealed tax incentives that attracted manufacturers to the island) caused Puerto Rico to
The year was 1720. And one of the smartest people to have ever lived had just made one of the dumbest financial mistakes imaginable. Sir Isaac Newton was a genius in every sense of the word. He practically invented the science and mathematics that is at the foundation of nearly
Back in 2013 I had an idea for a movie. The basic premise was that some unknown domestic terrorist group executes an attack on the United States government by blowing up the Capitol during the President’s State of the Union Address. It’s a little silly, but I even wrote a
There’s a really unique investment company in Europe you ought to know about… because they are insanely profitable. In fact, a few days ago the company announced that they expect to report an annual profit of $55 BILLION for 2017. That’s more money than Apple makes… which makes this European
Over the weekend, the New York Times published a satirical article entitled “Everyone is Getting Hilariously Rich and You’re Not.” That headline perfectly encapsulates the ‘Fear of Missing Out’, or FOMO, that’s so pervasive in cryptocurrency right now. Just about everyone either knows, or has heard of someone, who’s made
We’ve all heard the term “Kodak Moment.” It’s a popularized phrase to describe a picture-perfect moment – one that should be forever captured on Kodak film. Like Kleenex tissue, Kodak was once so large and popular, the company worked its way into basic lexicon. Kodak was founded in 1880 by
On a deep, dark evening last June in the spectacularly celestial deserts of northern Chile, scientists made a phenomenal discovery. It was a supernova… one that they named ASASSN-15lh. This wasn’t just any supernova. It was the BIGGEST and BRIGHTEST supernova ever recorded. Supernovas are exploding stars whose ejected mass
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