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The Repricing of Trust: Gold, Crypto, Private Credit, and the End of the Liquidity Era
For more than a decade, global capital markets operated under a single, powerful assumption: liquidity would always be available, and growth would eventually justify risk. That assumption shaped everything from venture capital to private equity, from cryptocurrencies to public equities. It rewarded leverage, punished patience, and elevated narratives over durability. That regime is now breaking…
Four Generations, One Rainstorm, and Nobody Handling It Correctly
There is a moment, usually at a crosswalk in any major city, where four generations encounter the same rainstorm and reveal, in under thirty seconds, everything that has ever gone wrong with their worldview. The Baby Boomer stops completely. Not slows — stops. They consult the sky, the weather app, and their own lived experience.…
Big Department Stores No Longer Make Sense Because People No Longer Shop That Way
The Ribotsky Institute previously concluded that the structural weaknesses created by combining multiple struggling retailers would ultimately force Saks Fifth Avenue’s parent company to once again seek bankruptcy protection, a conclusion borne out by today’s bankruptcy filing. The economic reality forcing the bankruptcy did not come out of nowhere. It confirmed what had already been…
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