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We’ve been here before, sort of. Remember when people thought a billion dollars was unfathomable wealth? Then we got used to billionaires. Then trillion dollar companies arrived and we shrugged. Now we’re staring at the possibility of a ten trillion dollar company, and the strange thing is how normal it already feels. But it shouldn’t […]

The crowd gathered outside the corporate headquarters, waving signs and chanting slogans. Inside, executives prepared their quarterly earnings call, ready to announce record profits. This scene has become so familiar in modern capitalism that we barely register the contradiction anymore. The companies we publicly despise often possess an almost supernatural ability to print money. This

Most investors approach portfolio protection the way most people approach health insurance. They know they need it, they understand it costs money, and they hope never to use it. But here’s where the analogy breaks down in an interesting way. When it comes to protecting your investments, you’re not just choosing between different insurance policies.