What I Learned Making Millions From Scratch

I’ve made and lost millions more than once — starting from zero each time. This essay strips away theory and “millionaire habit” myths to focus on what experience actually taught me about vision, risk, people, and building durable wealth. It’s not a formula. It’s a framework shaped by mistakes, discipline, and long-term thinking.

Turns out the monetary system is a weapon after all

While conspiracy theorists and privacy campaigners panic about banking with the Bank of England, President Trump has something far worse in mind…

Nvidia’s $20 billion Groq deal is proof AI is going exponential

CES 2026 is in full swing, with its usual blaze of powerhouse keynote announcements, mind bending next-gen consumer tech, and gigantic doses of optimism.

Santa takes a plunge, but is his rally here at last?

Stocks stumbled through the holidays for the third straight year. As I watched Santa fall of the back of a jet ski, I began having serious doubts.

On to Moscow!

That is the magic of History...leaders are delusional when they need to be, and then, crowds fall into line behind the goofiest, most destructive programs. ‘On to Moscow,’ yell the soldiers...

10 Bad Habits Killing Your Portfolio

I’ve made every investing mistake you can imagine — oversized bets, emotional decisions, ignoring risk, and thinking I was smarter than the market. Losing money taught me what gains never could: success isn’t about brilliant picks, it’s about breaking bad habits. Here are the lessons that turned painful losses into a better investing process.

How I Lost $15 Million

A sudden win can be more dangerous than a slow loss. This piece explores why misunderstanding risk leads to poor decisions — and how investors can think more clearly when certainty is impossible.

Discover the true incentives and you can predict the outcome

Way back in 2011, Jim Rickards first laid out his long-term prediction: currency wars are followed by trade wars and then shooting wars between major powers.

2026, the year of shortage before excess

As we head into 2026, the AI boom is entering a new phase. Not excess, but shortage. From memory and storage to compute and power, critical AI infrastructure is running out, and supply won’t catch up for years. This is where the next wave of outsized returns will be made — before abundance finally arrives.

Stablecoins risk causing a global economic civil war

One trend will dominate financial markets in 2026. It centres on the most boring investment you can imagine. A cryptocurrency that doesn’t change in price.

Was 2025 a year of inflection points in financial markets?

Turning points are notoriously difficult to get right. But they offer the biggest gains in financial markets. 2025 was full of such inflection points.

The Underlying Malady

Almost all instances of imperial decline are accompanied by monetary decline, manifesting itself as inflation, corruption, and/or bankruptcy. But the real process is profound and mostly invisible

Bad Strategy

When leaders mistake short-term fixes for long-term strategy, the results are predictable: weaker markets, distorted prices, and growing costs for everyone else.

What a $0.60 Stock Taught Me About Fear

A $0.60 stock. No good news. And a move Wall Street couldn’t explain. Here’s what panic really looks like—and how investors who understand market mechanics profit from it.

The problem with government is that it eventually runs out of other people’s money

The days of political promises and causes are over. We can’t afford whatever the politicians come up with next. We’ve run out of other people’s money.

Hypocrisy, Hubris… and Huge Opportunity in AI in the UK

When politicians cash out, the money tells you where the future is headed

What does the rise of the “far-right” mean for financial markets?

The “far-right” now leads in an extraordinary share of the world’s major economies. Chile is only the latest example. But what does this mean for investors?