Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance
This was definitely the week of the bitcoin mea culpa, which is to say I publicly talked about bitcoin for the first time in a long time - while my subscribers know I have been buying the crypto (in small size relative to my gold miner positions) since late 2022 at prices around $16,500. Back in late 2022 I said I was going to read The Bitcoin Standard and do more research on it, but I never did.
I finally got around to it earlier this year, after adding Bitcoin exposure once again to my list of 24 stocks I’m watching for 2024, leading me to write this piece last week: Why I Bitcoin
This week I also posted an interview I did with Palisades Gold Radio where I talked about hikes, cycles, timing, gold, silver, miners, bitcoin, potential for a gold reversal, Western leadership, Argentina, emerging markets and optimism vs. reality: No Soft Landing Means Own Hard Assets
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This week I also highlighted the growing losses at the Federal Reserve, wondering how, exactly, does a Central Bank make up for operational losses? Who gets that bill? The taxpayer? Congress? The Fed Says Its Record Losses Don’t Matter
Last week I also talked about Nvidia and why it seems everyone needs to own the stock. It was a question Harris Kupperman set out to answer in his latest post about the market called "This Is How Blowoff Tops Are Made". In it, he talks about the MAG7 and their disproportionate effect on the S&P 500. You can read his full analysis here: This Is How Blowoff Tops Are Made: Harris Kupperman
Also last week, I wrote about why I think unprecedented paths will lead to unprecedented outcomes for the stock market. In my latest writeup, I ask the question of what would happen if the market crashed while the Fed was already cutting rates?
Finally, last month, Fringe Finance also published “The Bitcoin Debate: Peter Schiff vs. Larry Lepard” - an hour and a half long debate by bitcoin bull Larry and bitcoin bear Peter Schiff, where two of the smartest people I know debate the merits of the emerging cryptocurrency: The Bitcoin Debate: Peter Schiff vs. Larry Lepard
I also profiled portfolio ideas heading into the new year:
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