Monthly market recap, the catalysts on deck, and one plain-English chapter. Published the last Saturday of every month.
The Saturday Briefing
What moved since the last issue Saturday August 22 to Friday September 25, 2026. Bitcoin $83,909 From $76,090, a gain of 10.3% since the last issue. Bitcoin sits 18.3% above its 200-day average, further above than the 10.3% at the last issue. Further above
The Saturday Briefing
Why Wall Street has a fear gauge at all, what the VIX (short for Volatility Index) is actually pricing, and why the engine treats extreme calm as a warning rather than an all-clear.
The Saturday Briefing
The macro scheduled releases (inflation, the Fed, jobs) that can move markets in minutes, and why buying blind into one is a coin flip. The reason behind the WAIT FOR state.
The Saturday Briefing
What actually broke in 2008, who got rescued and what the bailouts really cost, and why the first Bitcoin block was stamped with a bank bailout headline.
The Saturday Briefing
Where new dollars actually come from, why they hit stocks before groceries, and what the Fed's preferred 2% target does to $100,000 in cash.
The Saturday Briefing
The committee of twelve that replaced the gold standard, how it sets interest rates, and why traders watch its calendar so closely.
The Saturday Briefing
The weekend in 1971 that cut the dollar’s last tie to gold, and why every inflation debate since traces back to it.
The Saturday Briefing
Money by decree: what actually backs a fiat dollar, what its elastic supply has cost since 1971, and why a fixed 21M cap is the counterpoint.
The Saturday Briefing
A tour of how money went from barter to paper backed by nothing.
The Saturday Briefing
Stocks calmed after the Fed while crypto stayed in extreme fear, and an easy-to-understand answer to what Bitcoin actually is.
The Saturday Briefing
A hot-inflation scare met a sharp oil reversal, and why DCA beats timing the market