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March 26, 2024
by Patrick
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2024: The Year Western Investors Need Gold During the Dollar Devaluation in the 3rd Oil Crisis

Currently, in 2024, the value of the dollar is in the process of being devalued for the third time in modern history due to shifting dynamics in the global payment scheme for crude oil (a.k.a: the global monetary system). This … Continue reading

October 25, 2022
by Patrick
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The almighty Eurodollar religion

We’ve all heard Jeff Snider and Emil talk endlessly about the Eurodollar system and how it is the backbone of the global dollar funding market. Jeff goes to great lengths to explain to us normal people what this system is … Continue reading

July 15, 2022
by Patrick
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Chronicling the End of the Cycle

My attempt at conveying what the end of the current world feels like: I want to say that the end is full of everyone losing their minds and insanity reining. But I can’t. Everyone is just going about their business … Continue reading

May 13, 2022
by Patrick
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Discovering Value Series

Our goal is to turn our savings (idle money) into capital. We do this by treating our money as any other property and putting it to productive use, the same as we would make our farm property fruitful by sewing … Continue reading

January 17, 2022
by Patrick
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Money in the long run

We are all part of the market. All our collective thoughts are the market. You get it? All our collective thoughts make up the market. If you are betting on any market outcome, no matter in active or passive form, … Continue reading

November 12, 2021
by Patrick
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Surviving the Economic Apocalypse

The job of the capital allocator is to discover assets of enduring value and put them into their proper place in the portfolio. The purpose of the capital allocator is to direct the accumulated labor surplus in a way that … Continue reading

November 10, 2021
by Patrick
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Bottlenecks, The Fed, and Objective Morality

Abstract: problem in markets has a root cause: an objective view of morality is necessary for a functioning economy, and policy makers for economy lack this morality. Even lacking an agreed upon standard for morality (even though one such standard … Continue reading

November 9, 2021
by Patrick
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Economic Pain and Consolation

Is economic pain a calling by our Creator to find out true vocation? Or to delve deeper into our current vocation if we’ve already found our calling? Is all pain (emotional, physical, etc.) a calling by our Creator for a … Continue reading

November 3, 2021
by Patrick
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Sizing up and down the market

Some stocks I like and some I don’t: Saint Joe ($JOE)-a real estate developer. Trades at 2 billion Dollar valuation. They could make tons and tons of money on developing Walton Beach/ Destin, Florida. But 45% of the shares are … Continue reading