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When Will Housing Prices Fall?
A reader asks: I own 76 single-family houses, the property management company running those and a small real estate brokerage....
Are AI Patent Offices DOGE’s Next Big Experiment?
Whether or not you agree with the way Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are handling things,...
Insecurity Analysis – A Wealth of Common Sense
Writing is a useful process for me. It’s how I organize my thoughts and learn what it is I really...
How Elon Musk’s AI Accidentally Became a Crypto Mogul
When I first alerted readers about Ethereum in 2018, crypto was considered the Wild West of investing. But as Shark Tank’s...
The Stock Market is Always Changing
I like Jesse Livermore quotes because they’re often multi-faceted. This is one of my favorites: Another lesson I learned early...
When Buy-and-Hold Dies – A Wealth of Common Sense
During bull markets there are always certain investors who take things too far. They chase performance, take on too much...
Is Crypto’s Tipping Point Coming Next Week?
Kevin O’Leary of Shark Tank fame recently noted that crypto is moving out of its “cowboy era” and becoming more integrated with...
What is the Point of Money?
A reader asks: Why would a financial advisor recommend a client buy a boat? Isn’t that irresponsible? This question was...
How Crypto is Rebuilding Finance from the Ground Up
Satoshi Nakamoto’s bitcoin whitepaper is titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. It’s the modern-day equivalent of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses,...
Why People Won’t Change Their Mind
On December 17, 1954, The Chicago Tribune ran the following headline: The paper interviewed Dr. Charles Laughead at the home of...
Will Nvidia’s CEO Eat His Words?
Well, that was fast. A few weeks ago, I told you about Microsoft’s newly announced “transistor for the quantum age”...
Volatility Clusters – A Wealth of Common Sense
Posted March 16, 2025 by Ben Carlson Coming into 2025 the S&P 500 had just two down years out of...
