Category Archives: Investments

The “new” gold standard…

Posted on September 16, 2024 by It's a Learning Problem

Judy Shelton was nominated by Donald Trump for the Federal Reserve in 2019. Her nomination stalled with a 47-50 vote in the Senate in November of 2020 and her nomination was eventually withdrawn by Joe Biden in February 2021. More … Continue reading →

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Getting left behind…

Posted on April 1, 2024 by It's a Learning Problem

No, not that left behind. I’m talking about getting left behind financially. Kuppy reposted a blog post by Erik Renander called Bad is Good. It talks about the eerie similarities between the inflation in France in the late 1780’s and … Continue reading →

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Mark Spitznagel…

Posted on January 2, 2024 by It's a Learning Problem

Mark Spitznagel is a really interesting character. I’ve read several of his books, this one most recently, and he has some really interesting ideas on investing and risk. He’s worked with Nassim Taleb and they seem to share a lot of … Continue reading →

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Why Sprott Uranium Trust…

Posted on December 20, 2023 by It's a Learning Problem

Here’s why SRUUF is one of my ten current investment holdings. I haven’t done a huge amount of research on this holding and it has been the most recent addition to my holdings. I’ve been watching uranium for a while now, but … Continue reading →

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Why Minera Alamos…

Posted on November 28, 2023 by It's a Learning Problem

I promised several weeks ago to write brief posts on each of my ten current stock holdings. This is the first post and it’s about one of my favorite speculative stocks that I own. So, why Minera Alamos? Well, for … Continue reading →

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US Dollar Debate…

Posted on November 22, 2023 by It's a Learning Problem

This was an interesting discussion about the US dollar and it’s role going forward. The second half of the discussion was more interesting to me than the first half. I’ve believed for many years that the economic problems we’re creating … Continue reading →

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Rising interest rates…

Posted on October 28, 2023 by It's a Learning Problem

The shift from forty years of declining interest rates to an era of rising interest rates is just starting to play out. The effects will be dramatic. I can’t overemphasize the impact this will have on investing, the economy, and … Continue reading →

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Man’s 6,000 Year Obsession…

Posted on October 14, 2023 by It's a Learning Problem

So today I’ll be pivoting from the long term case for optimism to the short term problems that face the economy. Anyone who has studied monetary history, even the basics of monetary history, should be able to recognize, broadly speaking, … Continue reading →

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Rule of 72…

Posted on September 19, 2023 by It's a Learning Problem

The rule of 72 is a great mental tool that a lot of non-financial people aren’t aware of. It’s something I’ve used repeatedly when thinking about investment returns. Here’s a neat graph laying out the concept with some additional info … Continue reading →

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Canadian Oil Thesis…

Posted on September 19, 2023 by It's a Learning Problem

Shubham Garg is an incredible source of information if you’re interested in the oil space, especially the Canadian oil space. I’m increasingly convinced that this is one of those set-ups that has risk/reward characteristics that you rarely see as an … Continue reading →

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