Postcards: Take A "Fantasy Break" and Make Some Actual Money This Weekend...

More than 11 million people will play Fantasy Football this weekend. They're better off making "real" money on our favorite private equity approach to the oil markets.

Dear Fellow Expat:

Psst…

I know football season has started.

I know your team’s defense is “offensive”…

And if you’re like millions of Americans who play fantasy football, you already want to drop nearly every player on your team after Week 1.

I played fantasy football in my early 20s with a religious fervor. I could remember every draft… every bad trade… every playoff loss.

Until one day, my father delivered one of his finest pieces of sage advice. He asked:

“How much money would you win in this league?”

“$1,000,” I said.

“So, how much is that per hour that you’re playing this game?”

I didn’t want to answer it… calculating the research time… the constant reading about… football. The time-opportunity costs.

“Now imagine if you did something you were passionate about… that paid you a lot of money per hour instead of allocating your time to fantasy football,” he concluded. “What is that worth?”

Oh… hmm… well… that changed my perspective quickly…