Financial Independence

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…

Your thoughts on inflation

After a few weeks of inflation coverage in Fortune & Freedom, it’s time to hand the reins over to readers. I asked you whether you…

Postcards from the Weimar inflation

I’m busily examining your excellent emails about the inflationary 1970s and the similarities to today. Your experiences, advice and recollections about the inflation back then…

The real inflation hasn’t even started

Welcome to day three of our series on inflation. In day one we looked into how I saw the inflation spike coming way back in…

How inflation gets out of control

Friday’s examination of inflation explained how I saw inflation coming in July last year. Today we look at what happens next. Will inflation run out…

The inflation panic begins

All of a sudden, the inflation headlines are everywhere. Every journalist, blogger and financial commentator is in a frenzy over the inflation breakout. And about…

Where will a UK CBDC leave you?

Well, now it’s out in the open. The UK has joined the growing list of nations considering a central bank digital currency (CBDC). A few…

Central bank digital currencies are bitcoin’s slip road

Perhaps I’ve got it backwards. I described the innovation of bitcoin as triggering the government’s move towards technocratic money in the form of central bank…

What does the UK’s CBDC taskforce mean for you?

All week we’ve been digging into Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) in Fortune & Freedom. In this video, I ask Nigel Farage for his take…

Money control – where does it all leave you?

Well, now it’s out in the open. A few weeks after the news that China was considering launching a digital currency… one that could be…

Stratospheric asset prices are not a good thing

On Friday we showed you the roadmap to becoming the wealthiest trillionaire in the UK. Using the model laid out by the Inflationskönig Hugo Stinnes…

Nigel Farage’s Budget response to Rishi Sunak

After the chancellor delivers the Budget, the opposition gives a reply. But what reply would Nigel Farage give to Rishi Sunak’s Budget? Nick Hubble Editor,…