Postcards From the Fringe

As part of his economic studies, Tom follows investing legend Jim Rogers. Here's Jim's take on China, bitcoin, and the U.S. dollar...

While no country has dared to try it, the idea of deeply negative interest rates has been picked up by financial analysts and the academic community. What would negative interest rates mean for your money? Read on...

Since Tom’s Postcards series on bitcoin, questions about the coin (and its asset class) have been pouring in. Today, Tom answers a few of those questions...

Communication in an economy happens through money. When that communication is disrupted, it can be devastating. Tom shares wisdom from friend Porter Stansberry on how to protect our money, and therefore our free-market economy, which is only possible through regulating its relationship with the government...

In the early 2000s, China was known as the country for cheap labor and cheap production. And while it is still more cost effective to source labor and goods from China than other Western countries, the tides are slowly changing. China is growing into the world's next financial powerhouse...

In today's mailbag edition, Tom discusses the value of bitcoin... the cheapest country in the world... and oil tanker stocks...

The world is still learning of the economic repercussions from the COVID-19 pandemic. As the aftermath unfolds, central banks stand ready to intervene and manipulate the markets in attempts to "save" the economy. But they've already deployed most of their solutions – and are left with one thing: printing more money...