Stocks I'm Watching Heading Into 2026

My full list of 26 Stocks I’m Watching For 2026 will be out in just a couple of weeks. Last year’s list, the 25 Stocks I’m Watching For 2025, is beating the S&P by more than 40% this year, so if you’ve been on the fence, now’s the time to lock in.

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Before you unplug for a couple days, there’s an especially strong lineup to dig into. Lyn Alden wrote this week about five decades of monetary decay, making the case that the “debasement trade” didn’t begin with recent stimulus — it’s been quietly eroding our currency for half a century, with long-term consequences that are still unfolding.

Five Decades Of Currency Rot: Lyn Alden

I also took a detour into something just as important as markets: honest language. “An example is the political use of moralizing words like equality, justice, fairness…” We’ve entered an era where the right words sell bad ideas, and voters often fall for the vocabulary more than the policy.

The Importance Of Using Words Honestly

Back to markets, I made the bull case that the current rally might exist precisely because reality no longer matters. Data doesn’t matter, geopolitics doesn’t matter, risk doesn’t matter — and somehow that has become its own driver for optimism. Agree or disagree, it’s worth wrestling with.

The Bull Case (Is That Nothing Matters Anymore)

For a change of pace, I published on the gold standard in a straightforward way — how it worked, why it collapsed, the benefits and criticisms, and why it still shows up like a ghost in every modern monetary debate.

The Gold Standard, Explained

Meanwhile, on the crypto side, there’s a guide on how not to be a Bitcoin asshole — you can own BTC and still respect risk instead of preaching salvation.

How Not To Be A Bitcoin Asshole

The same honesty applies to Tether, where the refusal to provide a real audit is starting to look less like confidence and more like a dialect of denial.

Tether And When Denial Becomes A Dialect

Don’t miss the 80% discount before it expires. A couple weeks from now, the 2026 stock list drops. Let’s see if we can outperform the market again.

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