08 July 2020
A better question is, “why are stock prices as high as they are? Stocks markets are ultimately driven by economies. They almost always move ahead of economic circumstances, but eventually they re pulled back (or ahead) to the realities of commerce. So why last week, as the number of new coronavirus cases continued to spike […]
07 July 2020
Our friend Jackie Lange at Panama Relocation Tours answers questions about living in Panama. Every Saturday during the pandemic, Jackie is doing a one hour conference call at 5pm Central. There were some especially interesting questions during her July 4th, 2020 call in. You may have some of the same questions so here is a […]
06 July 2020
Inflation is caused by too much money without enough products or services to spend it on. The quotes below from Yuval Noah Harari, author of several successful books including “Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow” and “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” can help us understand inflation. Sapiens rule the world because only they can […]
05 July 2020
Take a Breath. That’s a well known phrase. What’s not understood in the Western world is that breathing correctly is one of the most important exercises of all. Establishments of all sorts, including our health care system, are crumbling. As they erode, they forcefully try to maintain control. They attempt to force more, (often impotent […]
03 July 2020
Happy 4th of July 4th of July Eagle at the Lifeimitatesdoodles blog On this day that celebrates America’s independence let’s remember that borders, walls, fences and checkpoints reduce independence as much or more than they protect. A Wall Street Journal article, “The Cost of European Borders” (1) highlights how the free movement of people has […]
01 July 2020
Forceful borders do not protect us. In fact they do us harm… often a lot of hurt. Recently I drove back from the farm to our home in Florida. I can tell you, moving from the 70s degree weather in the Blue Ridge back to a heat index near 110 is not good. Another thing […]
30 June 2020
Our friend Jackie Lange at Panama Relocation Tours sent us this information about safe pockets in Panama. I’m sure in the state, province or country where you live there are towns that have had very few, if any, Covid cases. Small towns and rural areas have less Covid-19 cases. If you’re luckily enough to be […]
29 June 2020
Spread the word… be careful of brands! Our summer Creek Cabin sits over Little Horse Creek. This is a perfect place to be during the summer heat… high in the mountains, far from the madding crowd, soothed by the creek as it sings its way down the mountain. Yet there is also fiber optics broadband […]
28 June 2020
There is always something you do not know. This is my #1 Golden Rule of Investing. This fact is fortified by a two billion dollar lie that means 12.4 billion dollars are gone. Wealth turned into dust by smoke and mirrors. Image from the Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal article “Wirecard Files for […]
26 June 2020
Dr. Andres Cordova shares an update on the possibilities of hemp production in Ecuador. Dr. Andres Cordova THE HEMP REVOLUTION IN ECUADOR Keeping in line with advances on the subject in countries like Uruguay, Canada, the US, the Netherlands and others, Ecuador has embarked on a process to decriminalize some aspects of the cannabis trade. […]
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