Connecting the Dots Archive - Patrick Watson

Connecting the Dots Archive, January 2018

January 30, 2018

Teach Your Brain to Beat the Robots

Robots and AI are coming for your job. And if you’re already retired, they’re still coming for your kids.

January 23, 2018

How Inflation Might Hit Bitcoin

You know that awful feeling when you think you lost your wallet? Now imagine you had $75 million in it. What would that feel like?

January 16, 2018

Why Shady Banksters May Be a Great Investment

Bankers divide the population into two categories: “banked” and “unbanked.” They seek to bank all humanity, because these days, to be unbanked is considered the financial equivalent of homelessness.

January 9, 2018

Wages Are the Key to 2018

Nine days into 2018, I’ve read 793 economic and market forecasts. Okay, that’s an exaggeration… but it certainly feels like it. In any case, I’ve read enough to know opinions are all over the place. Whatever your desired scenario, some expert says it’s a sure thing.

January 2, 2018

The Prospectus Will Tell You Nothing—and Everything

Welcome to 2018. Now is the time for New Year’s resolutions, so you might have important financial decisions to make.