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• 8 min read

  Europeans feel poorer even as prices stop rising

  

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Luís Rijo

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Jun 2, 2026 • Prices • Markets
• 9 min read

  Iowa's cancer crisis and the industry that built it

  

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Luís Rijo

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Jun 2, 2026 • Trade • Prices
• 9 min read

  The quiet plan to make $36 trillion disappear

  

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Luís Rijo

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Jun 1, 2026 • Prices • Markets
• 12 min read

  The price of borrowing just hit a 19-year high. Now what?

  

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Luís Rijo

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  May 29, 2026 • Markets • Prices • Work
• 9 min read

  London's best selling point is now that it's cheap

  

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Luís Rijo

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  May 26, 2026 • Work • Prices • Housing
• 9 min read

  Ryanair's $67 bet is the only thing standing between cheap flights and an airline collapse

  

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Luís Rijo

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  May 18, 2026 • Prices • Trade • Markets
• 8 min read

  A bankrupt YouTuber just ranked 15 economies. The list is sharper than it looks

  

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Luís Rijo

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  May 17, 2026 • Prices • Trade
• 9 min read

  The man who saw it coming says it is just getting started

  

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Luís Rijo

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  May 17, 2026 • Markets • Prices • Trade
• 9 min read

  Berlin's tourism boom is over - and the city is partly to blame

  

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Luís Rijo

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  May 14, 2026 • Prices • Work • Markets
• 9 min read

  Germany is expensive, but nobody is getting what they paid for

  

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Luís Rijo

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  May 13, 2026 • Work • Prices • Trade
• 8 min read

  The war America cannot win from the air - and what it costs to fight it on the ground

  

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Luís Rijo

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  May 12, 2026 • Trade • Markets • Prices
• 10 min read

  Germany's hospitals are going broke under the system designed to pay them

  

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  Luís Rijo

  Luís Rijo

  Luis Rijo has spent over a decade watching money move through digital markets - where it goes, who follows it, and who gets left behind when the flow changes direction. luis@thespend.net

  May 12, 2026 • Prices • Work