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The Coming Commodities Bull Market

People like stocks and bonds but don’t like commodities.

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If the Music’s Still Playing, You Have to Keep Dancing

Private equity firms do private equity. If they run out of good opportunities, it’s not like they're going to switch to, say, commodities...

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Everything Is Worse Because of Private Equity

Have you noticed that across businesses in a range of industries, prices are higher and the customer experience is worse?

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Why the Market Blew Up

I think we have heard enough about the yen carry trade, although that was certainly a contributing factor. Fine, we will rehash it here…

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Jared Dillian went from growing up with limited means to creating one of most well-known financial publications in the world, The Daily Dirtnap. Thousands of professional investors and everyday folks subscribe to Jared’s writing and podcasts to keep their investments right, and their finances healthy.

With over 20 years of experience in the finance industry and drawing from his own background — Jared helps people remove financial stresses from their lives by challenging the common misconceptions about how money really works.

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Jared and Cameron discuss Jared’s upcoming short story collection, NIGHT MOVES, before diving into commodities and skepticism toward Goldman Sachs’ copper forecast. They also discuss the recent...

In this episode of the BE SMART podcast, Jared and Cameron discuss various topics, including key market headlines, such as the upcoming Jackson Hole Symposium in Wyoming, the VIX’s unprecedented...

The collapse of the real estate market in 2008 nearly brought the global economy to its knees, but a few saw it as an opportunity to change their lives. Today, we’re facing a similar moment—this...

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