Financial Independence

Welcome to the consumer price inflation bubble

If you liked the tech bubble and the housing bubble, you’re going to hate the consumer price inflation bubble. You see, when central banks meddle…

The Bank of England goes for woke

The inflation story we’ve been covering in Fortune & Freedom since May is now not just mainstream, but a mainstream panic. In fact, inflation is…

The endgame of any debt-based financial system is inflation

Governments are borrowing vast amounts of money. Central banks are buying that government debt. And so, governments are borrowing even more. Allowing central banks to…

Locked out of crypto, or into the banking system?

Our cryptocurrency expert Sam Volkering has sent over in his reply to yesterday’s story about banks trying to prevent their customers from buying crypto. You’ll…

Cryptocurrency investor vs goliath

In yesterday’s Fortune & Freedom, reader J.B. reported on some difficulties he was having with buying more cryptocurrencies. His bank was making life difficult. Today,…

Readers reveal the reality of financial repression

It’s time to dig into the Fortune & Freedom reader mailbag today. Your demands for a virtual conference on escaping financial repression have been heard,…

A crisis for the NHS, or from the NHS?

Well, it looks like we saved the NHS from the pandemic. Shame about its patients though… If you’d like to hear from Nigel and other…

My mentor’s lightbulb moment on cryptocurrencies

If you’re hesitant to spend any time or effort investigating cryptocurrencies, because they’re just a bubble and a speculative mania, you need to see this…

Covid cases surge after Freedom Day

Last night, I had the strangest conversation with my parents-in-law. It was all about Covid, vaccines and lockdowns. I’ve always known different nations’ news channels…

Not just another housing bubble

House prices around the world are booming in the midst of a pandemic, not to mention despite Brexit. But why? And will it last? As…

Your retirement is just a political promise. Do you believe in it?

Do you believe politicians? Do you rely on their political promises? So, when they tell you that by contributing money to a pension fund each…

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…