Financial Independence

Weimar or why more?

Over the Christmas and New Year break, we’re looking back at some of the most important letters we sent to you in 2021. And today’s…

There’s nothing they could’ve done about Covid… without making it worse

Over the Christmas and New Year break, we’re looking back at some of the most important letters we sent to you in 2021. And today’s…

The best of Nigel Farage in 2021

A very merry Christmas from everyone at Fortune & Freedom. If it has been a tough year for you, I hope the video below will…

How to survive inflation like an Argentine

Over the Christmas and New Year break, we’re looking back at some of the most important letters we sent to you in 2021. And today’s…

Would vaccines even pass the group phase?

Over the Christmas and New Year break, we’re looking back at some of the most important letters we sent to you in 2021. And today’s…

Inflation: the best call of 2021?

Over the Christmas and New Year break, we’re looking back at some of the most important letters we sent to you in 2021. And today’s…

Is the property ladder about to snap?

What if the last 40 years of house price gains are the exception and not the norm? What if house prices are going to trend…

Will you join the coming cryptocurrency revolution?

Do you remember when everyone was talking about the cryptocurrency bitcoin? What if that was barely the beginning of cryptocurrencies going mainstream? Years ago, I…

Readers on Covid crackdowns, the euro’s death, and zombie savers

It’s time to dig into the brimming mailbag. Today’s instalment features how the euro dies and the dollar survives, who wins in Covid versus cancer,…

Are you the next Hugo Stinnes?

You should tread carefully today. I’m on thin ice. And yet, someone needs to tell you about the Inflationskönig. Before it’s too late. Hugo Stinnes…

Will Boris Johnson last longer than an English batsman in Australia?

It’s been an outrageous week in politics. Boris Johnson’s crisis has almost managed to overshadow events in financial markets, which have seen Evergrande finally default…

The beatings will continue until morality improves (Part 2)

In Part 2 of my Q&A with Rob Marstrand, we dig into the more general nature of how governments tend to change the rules and…

The beatings will continue until morality improves

Rather than tell you how I feel about the Financial Conduct Authority’s proposed changes to certain pension and savings accounts, I thought I better ask…

What if Brexit is only the beginning for Britain?

If you thought Nigel Farage is bullish about post-Brexit Britain, meet David Murrin. This global forecaster of geopolitics and financial markets takes us through why,…

Rosenberg-coloured glasses can’t see true inflation

I’ve never been so hesitant to poke a bear in the eye. But the deservedly famous economist David Rosenberg has it badly wrong on inflation.…

A painful reminder of the true Thanksgiving message

Last week, our American friends celebrated Thanksgiving. It might’ve been the most expensive on record thanks to soaring inflation. But there’s much more to the…

It’s about to get ugly in the euro area

As if they don’t have enough on their plate right now, euro area policymakers are in for another dangerous surprise. The world is waking up…

[When] Is the lockdown cure worse than the disease?

Thanks for all your emails in response to my article about whether “despite vaccination” is the new “despite Brexit”. The diversity of responses and opinions…

I’m from the government and I’m here to…

For every problem we face, there’s a government policy. But what if none of them solve the problem? What if they only get worse when…

If inflation goes bananas, this is why it will…

As I’ve been trying to explain, the inflation we’ve seen so far may not be true inflation at all. And yet, true inflation is very…