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A free mirror-based layout that goes beyond just letters: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/one-hand-touch-typing... There are other options, but hardware solutions are really…

Agree re:CAPE. Meanwhile, people are ignoring the relatively attractive valuations of small, value, plus developed and emerging ex-US markets. While retail investors pile onto over…

My main issue is conflating the potential for an approach to technology with something like, say, Bitcoin specifically. Yes, many blockchain applications exist, but that doesn't tr…

I know what it means but have no idea how profitable it is or whether those profits are guaranteed or fleeting. Best I can tell it's like any service (business, not investment): de…

Statistically, everyone trading across all different asset classes evens out, so ... sure, if you're consistently good at finding needles, power to you. Most people aren't. Many pe…

It's a little trickier than that, but yes, that's why I mentioned 50 years. Before that gold was a different animal.

I won't get into the 'is the CPI accurate?' debate, but will just say I haven't seen a better metric. So I'll stick with: inflation is low. As for the portability of Bitcoin ... OK…

Rates have been declining for years (decades, really), but so has inflation. The spread hasn't actually changed that much. > Imagine a society not based on consumerism and quarterl…

A good way to get high returns is to simply use a low-cost, tax-efficient combination of stock and bond index funds. After taxes and fees, the results compound in your favor. I hav…

I guess I just don't see the value from either side, then. The best supposed features of Bitcoin are lost in ETF form.

We have fairly little data on gold as a freely available modern asset class (around 50 years), but yes, in small amounts it can limit volatility and potentially even increase retur…

I mean if you're literally talking about the difference between 'buying physical servers' and 'buying Bitcoin' ... well, it seems to me you're missing out on a range of other optio…

The thing I don't get (and I have the same skepticism about gold ETFs) is that if one is trying to hedge extreme scenarios (e.g. high inflation or even monetary collapse) ETFs bein…

If you want to hedge against inflation, I suggest TIPS and maybe a bit of gold. I would also point out that the market expectation clearly isn't aligned with currencies being 'in t…

You had it with 'we can make infinite coin types' - who cares about what is adopted today? People change platforms every few years. What happened to MySpace? What's happening to Fa…

A deflationary asset class encourages hording, not spending or using in other ways. There's also no real limit to the number of crytocurrencies that might appear later (see: MySpac…

Sure, not always. To clarify: I mean stocks are shares in companies, which generally generate profits. Yes, some companies may not, or may even go under, but none of this is an iss…

> Only 1 of the original companies of the Dow Jones is still in it today Small companies become bigger, driving returns. That's why you don't just buy the DJIA but rather index the…

Even if you accepted it as a diversifier, all cryptos combined still have a relatively small market cap, so I don't really see the point in adding them to a stock/fixed-income port…

A great investment if the cost of fuel goes up, but a bad one of if it goes down. Processing power is getting cheaper and cheaper.

Stocks are shares in profitable companies. They have risks, sure, but they also have expected returns based on sound fundamentals and a long history of generating income.