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Happy Hump Day! A lot is happening in the charts, but I want to wait until today’s market close to make any calls. Tomorrow’s monthly asset class report will have plenty of...

Happy Tuesday from an overcast, cool Asti. Boy, I love this weather! I’m so sick of having Betty Swollocks.  Autumn can’t come soon enough. Today’s Rude is a pat on the back.  Both...

I’m back from my trip to Doha and spent a pleasant weekend with the family. We left Milan on Saturday afternoon after a pleasant walk around the high-end shopping district. Located next...

Good morning on this steamy morning from Doha. I’m on my last day teaching a course for one of the financial regulators here. Though I haven’t seen much of Doha to give...

Happy Tuesday! I was loath to write about the assassination of Darya Dugina, daughter of Russian philosopher Dugin. I’ve read some of Dugin’s work.  He’s the chief architect of “Eurasianism,” a term...

Happy Monday! You may not have even heard the rubbish I’m about to relay to you, but I think it’s important to understand what a bunch of snowflakes the Europeans have...

I wished you a Happy Hump Day yesterday, even though it was a Thursday. Sorry about that… you can lose track of time in paradise. But the good news is Friday’s here...

Happy Hump Day! I write to you from a continent -  literally and figuratively - of poor choices. Europe can ignore the laws of economics, but the laws of economics won’t ignore...

Good morning on this gorgeous morning from northern Italy! My jetlag seems to have gone already, thank heavens. It usually lasts longer. But after all these years spent on planes, I guess I’m...

Happy Tuesday! Thank heavens it’s cooled off here in the north of Italy. I was sweating profusely in NYC and was hoping I’d get a respite back here. And while I’m enjoying the...

Happy Monday from a much cooler Asti! It’s been ages since I wrote you from here, and I’m excited to be back. But my NYC trip, while infested with rats and stinking...

Yesterday morning, the PPI number came out. This Rude was first written on December 14, 2021.  But it mirrors perfectly what’s going on today. I know newsletter writers are prone to hyperbole...

I’m nearly done with this graduate program and head home on the Friday night red-eye to Milan. So tomorrow’s Rude will be a re-run. From then, I’ll be writing fresh new columns...

As I look across the Hudson to Jersey City, the rising sun gleams against the new skyline. Of course, my happiness that JC is no longer a New York backwater took...

Last night, I shared a wonderful dinner with my cousin, Corey, and his wife, Kim, in downtown Hoboken, NJ. Hoboken, a square mile where Frank Sinatra was born, is just across...

Good morning on this fine Monday in New York City. You know what? I’m not at all cranky today. In many ways, Baltimore is cleaner and more crime-free than the Big Apple. I...

Happy Friday! Grab that most excellent cup of joe and a seat. I’m going to do something I’ve never done while writing the Rude. I will attempt to write about something I don’t...

I’m getting used to NYC coffee in the mornings again.  Though I must admit, I miss the blue Greek coffee cups that seem to have disappeared. Credit: My Recipes What I’m not...

House Speaker Pelosi insists on visiting Taiwan. China insists she will do as she’s told. Will the 82-year-old replace Helen of Troy for future generations?