Financial Independence

Bitcoin – the story not in the news

Usually, we review the week’s most important news stories each Friday. Because Nigel has a knack at explaining what’s really behind the story, and why…

Freedom in name only

Freedom Day draws near. But you might as well call it FRINO – freedom in name only. Nigel Farage isn’t convinced that the updated measures…

The wind is “free”?

I like to sail. Many do, especially here in Great Britain: it’s a large, windy island, with craggy coastline, currents, tides – just about any…

The many guises of inflation

Today’s Fortune & Freedom digs deeper into our long-running topic of inflation. Yesterday we distinguished between asset price inflation, focusing on house prices, and consumer…

How to profit from the beer index

What if investing, freedom and beer were inseparable? If beer could tell you where to put your money for the best possible returns? Well, my…

Who will be hoisted when the green bubble’s inflationary petard goes boom?

Over the last two weeks, we’ve focused on two topics – inflation and the green energy boom. But what if they’re rather entwined? What if…

What would Enoch Powell make of Brexit and inflation?

The topics of Brexit and inflation have something surprising in common: Enoch Powell. He resigned twice. Once over the common market and once over the…

If inflation happens everywhere, what will it look like?

During the Weimar hyperinflation, people blamed all sorts of things and other people for the inflation they faced. Speculation, industrialists, farmers, the stock market, subsidies,…

John Butler’s next warning about inflation

In Fortune & Freedoms past, John Butler warned you about the coming inflation just days before it spiked. Since then, the inflation data has triggering…

What it’s like to live with 50% inflation

Can you imagine what it’s like to live with a 50% annual inflation rate? I don’t have to imagine it because I’ve experienced it, living…