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In my view, these were my best posts written between August 2017 and January 2018:

The Crisis at the Tipping Point

A reprise of what some people knew in advance of the Great Financial Crisis. Includes a link to what I wrote 10 years earlier, where I got a lot right, and a lot wrong.

Where Money Goes to Die

Wrong at least in the medium-run: Bitcoin. Right in the short-run: shorting the VIX, which blew up five months later.

The Many Virtues of Simplicity

Eight reasons why simplicity in investing works. Avoid anything that relies on options, or trading strategies. Buy and hold. Reduce turnover. Focus on quality.

Notes from an Unwelcome Future, Part 1

The best of the bunch, and my prediction that no effective action would happen with respect to Social Security has proven true so

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