Jason SimpkinsPosted July 14, 2026
Trump promised Ukraine a license to build its own Patriot interceptors at the NATO summit in Ankara — but the admission buried in his remarks ("we don't have that many") reveals a real global...
Jason SimpkinsPosted July 13, 2026
The Iran ceasefire has collapsed into a rolling, low-grade permanent conflict. Here's what history says a forever war means for stocks — including data on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars — and...
Brian HicksPosted July 11, 2026
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory from France, instantly doubling the size of the young republic at a cost of about $0.03 an acre. To many Americans, Jefferson had...
Jason WilliamsPosted July 10, 2026
The AI race has run into a wall. The grid can’t deliver enough power fast enough. So, the biggest technology companies in the world are building a new, shadow energy system.
Jason WilliamsPosted July 9, 2026
SpaceX is public, Golden Dome is accelerating, and AI data centers are heading for orbit. The space economy is real but investors who wait for it to feel safe may already be too late.
Brian HicksPosted July 8, 2026
Today, a new chapter in digital currency is unfolding. But unlike the digital-cash pioneers who arrived a decade too early, this chapter isn't waiting on infrastructure that doesn't exist yet. The...
Jason SimpkinsPosted July 7, 2026
Yesterday, China's military did something it rarely does. It fired a ballistic missile from a submarine into the Pacific, setting off alarm bells throughout the region...
Brian HicksPosted July 4, 2026
On February 2, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed. The Mexican-American War was over, and in exchange for $15 million, Mexico ceded an enormous stretch of territory to the U.S. At the...
Jason WilliamsPosted July 3, 2026
America declared political independence 250 years ago. Financial independence is the freedom we build for ourselves… One investment at a time.
Jason WilliamsPosted July 2, 2026
For years, Bitcoin claimed to be "digital gold." But investors finally have a blockchain-based way to own exposure to real gold and Bitcoin is tanking on the news.
Brian HicksPosted July 1, 2026
The people criticizing AI infrastructure today are making the same mistake that the critics of Alaska made in 1867. They're looking at the present and assuming it will look exactly the same 10 years...
Jason SimpkinsPosted June 30, 2026
Iran flared up again over the weekend, exposing the 'peace deal' for what it always was: a pause in a permanent cycle. Here's why investors should treat the Iran war as a structural feature of the...