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Finally, a Stock Market Crash!

Mr. Money Mustache

And just to amplify everything even further, China has launched a batshit crazy (and medically impossible) “zero covid” policy, locking down hundreds of millions of its own people who can no longer produce or export the things that the rest of the world’s economy had grown to rely upon. the current blowup) -20% so far What’s your guess?

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Transcript: Tom Hancock, GMO

The Big Picture

I’d say management consulting is any of the other thing that least at that time was the other career trajectory, just my personality, more of a math oriented introvert. And that a bit of that cult, Dick and Ike are both retired now. And I very much get the sense he has no interest in retiring. So I was at Harvard.

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Two Years Without Health Insurance (and What I’m Doing Now)

Mr. Money Mustache

So I decided to take some action, by doing the math for myself using a spreadsheet. And as you scale up the operation, some economies of scale on things like space and equipment make it even better. I am guessing that you might feel the same way these days – most of us Americans are in the same boat. Conclusion.

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Transcript: Anat Admati

The Big Picture

ANAT ADMATI, PROFESSOR OF FIANCE AND ECONOMICS, STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: So, my journey starts where I took a lot of math. I was good in math and I love the math. So, I was kind of, in my romantic mind when I was in my early 20s, I was going to take but not give back to math, that kind of thing.

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Transcript: Luis Berruga, Global X ETFs

The Big Picture

It has to be such a different set, the retirement planning is different, the safety net is different. People in Spain when I was growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, they expect to just retire and have the government give them like a paycheck every month. So a phenomenal learning experience with both Jefferies and Morgan Stanley.

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What Might Happen if You Invest $100 in Bitcoin Today?

Good Financial Cents

Bitcoin was created in 2009 by a mysterious figure who goes by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Anyone with an Internet connection can participate in the cryptocurrency economy. When it first launched in 2009, a single bitcoin was only worth a few cents, but at its peak, it was worth around $60,000. What is Bitcoin Worth?

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The Scapegoat

The Irrelevant Investor

The median retirement account balance of people ages 56 to 61 is just $25,000. Whatever else happened, retired policemen and firefighters and teachers would be paid. Unfortunately for these people, the minimum wage has not increased since 2009, nor, to state the obvious, has it kept up with inflation.