Sep 30, 2026
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6 min read
A boring warehouse in Geneva can hold billions in art, gold and wine. Here's how the world's strangest storage business lets valuable assets sit, trade and wait.
You can’t see it, touch it or own it. Yet telecom companies just spent $3.57 billion buying the right to use it. Here’s why radio waves are worth a fortune.
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6,331 tons of foreign gold sit beneath Manhattan. The strange part? The Fed tracks the exact bars because central banks don’t think gold is fungible.
More companies are registered in Delaware than there are people living there. Here’s how a tiny state turned corporate law, courtrooms and mailboxes into a billion-dollar industry.
Investors are pouring billions into bonds that can lose money when hurricanes hit. Welcome to Bermuda’s very strange weather market.
4 min read
Liberia barely dominates global shipping on land. At sea, it’s a giant. Here’s why thousands of foreign-owned ships pay to fly its flag.
A ship just paid $5.3 million for a 50-mile shortcut. Here's why that tiny strip of water can be worth a fortune.
Sep 29, 2026
7 min read
Medicare can turn your HSA contribution limit to zero, and the weirdest part is that Part A can sometimes apply retroactively. Here’s how a six-month Medicare rule can create an unexpected HSA tax bill.
18 min read
Turning 65 doesn’t kill your HSA. Medicare stops new contributions, but your existing HSA can keep paying qualified medical expenses including certain Medicare premiums. Here’s the tax trap almost everyone misses.
