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I don’t practice Santería (or do I?)
One aspect of traveling in Latin America I’ve always found fascinating is brujería, literally translated as witchcraft. Brujería is a melting pot of Indigenous, African and European beliefs and culture that influenced religions like Santería, Candomblé and Umbanda. It’s a super interesting topic that is much deeper than this, but as a traveler, you may…
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Chasing Crustaceans
Housekeeping note: I enabled comments in case you wanted to leave one on a post. Don’t feel obligated to, but I’d love to hear your thoughts, even if you think I’m wrong (I frequently am). h/t to my friend Dave for suggesting this. When I came up with the name of this blog, I didn’t…
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Churning Economy Shifts: Launch Day Edition
Today, you will get a never ending barrage of referral-laden blog posts about how amazing the new Amex Platinum is, how it pays for itself 3x over, how it killed the CSR, how to use your Lululemon credit, blah, blah, blah. The changes released today are a big deal for folks that are primarily juggling…
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Don’t forget to treat yo’ self
Since I started writing this blog a few weeks ago, I’ve had some really good conversations with readers. One of the common threads I’m hearing is that a lot of us are feeling kind of exhausted from staying on top of a game that has been particularly brutal to play lately. For the vast majority…
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Thinking outside the box – Fortune 500 edition
(which is something cats aren’t good at) A lot of MSers spend a majority of their time probing new fintechs, banks and platforms in an effort to find the next big play. This is a smart way to spend your time, since so many plays die quickly due to too many people hitting it, the…
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On risk: A real world example
It’s somewhat rare that the dominant topic for a week is the same between /r/churning and private MS groups. That occurred (kind of) last week, when tons of people started getting hit by 4506-C requests from Citi, largely combined with a lock on all cards on the account until it was cleared. It was quickly…
