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Breaking down Warren Buffett’s rosy outlook for America

There’s something about being insanely rich that people will believe every word that comes out of your mouth no matter how bizarre. And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. Warren Buffett is an even better example. As one of the richest men in the world, Buffett’s opinions carry almost Biblical impact, even

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ECB blames you for negative interest rates

Just after sunrise on April 19, 1775, a large contingent of British military troops arrived to the town of Lexington, Massachusetts. They were under orders to search for and confiscate all weapons and munitions from the colonials– something the British army had done countless times before. In many ways it was a routine

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A personal introduction [VIDEO]

It occurred to me this morning that there’s at least a 99% chance that you and I have never met. We’ve had some absolutely spectacular events all over the world where we’ve been joined by giants like Ron Paul, Jim Rogers, Robert Kiyosaki, Marc Faber, and many more. But even better, these events

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Meet the selfish tycoon who dodged billions in taxes

Chances are you’ve never heard of Chuck Feeney. And he’s worked very hard to keep it that way. Feeney, who will turn 85 on Saturday, had an incredibly successful business career, amassing a multibillion dollar empire based primarily on duty-free retail shopping. I know what you’re thinking: he already sounds like a bad

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Why I’m proud that my tax bill is ZERO

I’ll start with a confession. Based on the returns I’ve just prepared for 2015, my tax bill for the year amounts to exactly $0.00. In fact, for the second year in a row, I legitimately owe zero tax. And I’m damn proud of that. (And no, it’s not from any illegal tricks. I’ll

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After three days without water in Chile

Over the weekend, just as I was arriving back to Chile after a few weeks away, the sky above Santiago opened up and started to dump heavy rain on the city. I was already in the car on the way down to one of our farms once the rains began. But apparently the

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Actually, Panama has a higher corporate tax than Denmark…

Last night I got robbed. Not in the literal sense of the word. There weren’t armed men in masks holding me up on the sidewalk in Panama City. (I’ve been coming here for 13 years and have never once felt unsafe…) It was at the cashier’s cage at the Veneto Casino. After a

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This place is the Austin, Texas of South America

What an amazing weekend. We just finished up a wonderful event here in Medellin for members of our Total Access group. (Total Access is the highest level of Sovereign Man membership, and we routinely hold trips like this to introduce members to business and investment opportunities all over the world, and to the

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2,600 year old wisdom from one of the first libertarians

My team and I are holding a very special event for members of our Total Access group for the next few days here in Medellin, Colombia. Medellin is a spectacular city. It’s vibrant and growing, and it has a fantastic energy. I’ll tell you much more about this, and what we’re up to,

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Avoid putting your money in these banks

A friend of mine who’s an equities analyst at a large brokerage firm recently sent out pretty ironic note to all of his private clients. He focuses on the financial sector, so his job is basically to analyze bank stocks and figure out which ones his investors should buy. To determine this, he

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Coming soon: the 100-year loan to a bankrupt government

After every major financial crisis there’s always a retrospective analysis where we can look back and identify “the top”. Looking back at the tech bubble of the 1990s, for example, all of my friends in technology point to the acquisition of Netscape by AOL for $4.2 billion as the obvious top of the

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Rule #1: Make sure you’re in a position of strength

America is and has always been an extraordinary idea. It espouses the values of liberty, economic freedom, self-reliance, and independence. What’s not to love about that? It’s an idea that resonates within each of us, speaks to our inner humanity and our desire to prosper. The United States is not the first country

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Another financial institution joins the rebellion, stockpiles cash and gold

Last year, amid all the madness in financial markets, financial historian and strategist Russell Napier joked about creating a “European high-yield capital guarantee fund.” His “high-yield” fund was nothing more than a secure room filled with physical cash, and a guy standing outside with a gun to guard it. As jokes tend to

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