Dear Fellow Expat: Imagine for a moment that we become a cashless society. That payments are done by a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). No more dollar bills… no more quarters, nickels, or dimes. All… on your phone. Forget the government tracking… the invasion of privacy… the central bank's ability to see everything you buy… […]
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Postcards: Tell Your Wife These Three Little Words
Dear Fellow Expat: I think today is the day… I'm going to tell her. It's been coming for a long time. Those three little words that will drive our future. Three sobering terms bind our fiscal and emotional bonds. "Higher for longer." Yes, my love, the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates higher for longer. […]
Postcards: Captured by Vines... and Regulation
Dear Fellow Expat: Dear Fellow Expat: I'm fighting a losing battle. Yesterday, I paid a landscaping company to carve out about a 60-foot by 100-foot area of land in my backyard. Rip out the soil. I'm putting in some fences. I'm putting stones in the path. I'm looking to build a garden surrounded by mango […]
Dogs That Are Fluent in Spanish for $200, Alex.
Dear Fellow Expat: Her tail wagged. Then, it wagged harder. Then she jumped on the table. Gracie, our nine-year-old (give or take) Chihuahua mix, couldn't contain her excitement. After a six-week delay, we finally got our new couch. But she wasn't thrilled about a new place to sleep during the afternoon. The two men assembling […]
This Is My Biggest Economic Fear
Dear Fellow Expat: Tucker Carlson will release an interview tonight with Argentine presidential candidate and front-runner Javier Milei. Follow the U.S. media focus on Milei, and you’ll see he’s labeled as “right-wing,” “radical”, and “libertarian.” The attacks on his economic plans are all-out nuclear assaults… largely because he’s exposing the endgame of problems still building […]
Mark It "Zero"... The Roof of the World... and the Week Ahead
Dear Fellow Expat: Let’s pick up where we left off last Friday. Russia is working overtime to pump crude oil and natural out of ports in the Arctic Circle. It’s a workaround as Western sanctions crank down on Russia and its energy firms and politicians in Moscow. Think of it as Prohibition… But to get […]
The Only Man Who Will Ever Be on the Florida Republic Flag
Dear Fellow Expat, I hope you are enjoying your Labor Day holiday. Today, I’ll take a break from financial analysis. Many have asked about the flag of the Florida Republic. No such declaration has emerged – but our inception is still unofficial. We’ll get there. One should be a fan of placing animals on the flag. That is, […]
Boats, Beaches, Bars & BRICS
Dear Fellow Expat, Fifteen seconds after I awoke this morning, these lyrics randomly passed through my mind. I am umbilically connected to the temperate zone It brought me life; it brought me love I never have outgrown Brought me one too many nights along that Biscayne shore And one too many mornings in the Grove […]
We're Staring at a Hot Conflict in a Cold Place
Dear Fellow Expat, Imagine you’re eight years old, on stage, at an elementary school. It’s the finals of the local geography bee. The room is full. The crowd is hushed. If you answer one more question correctly, you’ll win a trophy with a red-white-and-blue ribbon. The question starts: “Which state…” Oh… no… “Which state” questions […]
The Saudis Brought a Knife to a Bond Party
Dear Fellow Expat, The race against the clock to beat Hurricane Idalia was beyond anticlimactic. My flight change paid off as the 7 p.m. flight was canceled. But if you were looking for an action film about a Florida man against nature… This wasn’t it. More on that in a moment. For now, I want […]