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We Need To Talk About The Petrodollar

August 8, 2022 | Ultimately, Saudi Arabia agreed to price and settle oil contracts primarily in USD in exchange for U.S. military protections and arm sales. Since oil underpins the global economy, this extra demand has artificially propped up the dollar’s value...

Maybe There’s No Recession After All…

August 5, 2022 | Businesses continue to hire despite two consecutive quarters of economic contraction, a slowdown in consumer spending, and the rising risks of recession.

Your Blueprint To Financial Freedom

August 4, 2022 | The book’s most useful information for value investors is from the lessons Guy Spier learned along his path to success. Three takeaways from his transformative journey are...

How To Be a Learning Machine

August 2, 2022 | Education should be a work in progress until our final days. The investment you make in yourself will always pay off in the end. The wiser you are, the better decisions you’ll make. Here are some actions steps...

Is the “Everything Bubble” Popping?

August 1, 2022 | Last year when Grantham spoke to us, he warned of multiple bubbles across financial markets that he called the “everything bubble”, while highlighting that a downturn in speculative tech stocks would be the canary in the coal mine.

The Truth About Growth Stocks

July 29, 2022 | Traditional value investors have balked at the pricey valuations of Amazon, Alphabet, and many of the other technology darlings, but they’ve missed out on owning some the best-performing stocks of the past twenty years.

The Recession Begins!

July 28, 2022 | “We’re in a sentiment recession. I don’t think we’re in an actual recession.” The definition of a real recession has become a contentious political point, as a strong labor market seems at odds with a downturn in the business cycle.

The Milkshake Theory of Investing

July 27, 2022 | You may have heard of the Dollar Milkshake Theory from Twitter or even some past TIP interviews. While it sounds like it could be a tasty treat, if it unfolds as Brent Johnson from Santiago Capital expects, things could get ugly.

Talk To Chuck

January 23, 2024 | Charles Schwab’s former marketing campaign stands as one of the most effective financial ad campaigns of all time. But those days are over. Schwab’s net income last year fell 29% from a year prior, and the stock has gotten punished.

On The Move

January 22, 2024 | American workers are getting antsy. About 85% of 1,000 U.S. professionals polled in a new LinkedIn survey say they’re considering changing jobs this year, up from 67% a year ago. About 90% of Gen Z workers — in their early and mid-20s — and 92% of millennials are considering a job change in 2024.

Coffee Powerhouse

January 21, 2024 | Two part-time baristas in Seattle meet at a dive bar, become best friends, move to Philadelphia, and open a one-off coffee shop in a run-down area of the city. That doesn’t sound like a path to a $900 million coffee brand, right?

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