If oil does hit $100/barrel that will not be good for short-term inflationary pressures we’re already seeing. Owners of $100 options—now the most widely owned WTI call contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange—are making a leveraged bet that oil prices will hurtle higher after already surging more than 40% this year. The roaring rally,…

More of the same inflation drum beat that we need to watch. I still think the current spike is temporary due to the novel shutdowns of the world’s economies due to the pandemic. Once things normalize (whatever that looks like) sometime in 2022 I expect inflation in the U.S. to return to pre-pandemic levels. Many…

I thought it might be interesting for people to see my entire asset allocation across stock portfolios, cash, life insurance, and property. Aside from life insurance the assets at highest risk are also the smallest part of the pie. It so happens that the assets at highest risk also provide the highest income. It’s important…