How to Trade for Dystopian Days

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This weekend’s assassination attempt on the former president, and distinctly downbeat vibes throughout the economy, make it worthwhile to consider… a gigantic bummer. Possibly.

If you were contemplating a dystopian United States – a dystopian world, really – what would you invest in? Maybe one of the few online bastions of free speech? RUM and DJT were both bid today.

What about a medium of exchange or store of value? Gasoline and muscle cars à la Mad Max? How about gold or Bitcoin? The yellow metal was up modestly today, but Bitcoin packed on nearly 5% during the trading day.

The pathway to a dystopian future always needs a villain at the end of it. How about the rally in banks following Jerome Powell’s talk about rate cuts? First by inflation… then by deflation…

Then again, maybe “Mad” Max Rockatansky was onto something – scarce energy. Let’s take a look at some energy shares right now, and ride oil and gas into the dystopian sunset…

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