Monthly Archives: July, 2014

The Intelligent Investor: Part I

“To me, Ben Graham was far more than an author or a teacher”, writes Warren Buffett in the preface to the 1973 edition of...

The Best Table in Newport

You’re in for a culinary treat at Thames Street Kitchen (TSK), especially if you sit at our favorite table—a huge-raised farm table—the table in...

Vanguard GNMA Up 40.6%

You’ve been rewarded for sticking with Vanguard GNMA. Over the last 52-weeks it has returned 5 percent and through the first half of this...

Bernanke’s Frightening Answers

This is worth watching after 1:06 when David Einhorn discusses his conversation with former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on Fed policy.

Skimming: 3 Steps for Preventing Identity Theft

You've probably heard about credit card skimming at gas stations and ATMs. My client told me how it happened to him twice while wintering...

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US Shifts to Low-Profile Strategy to Secure Strait of Hormuz Shipping

A Bloomberg report says the United States is quietly...

Why the US Economy Is Less Vulnerable to Oil Shocks Today

A Federal Reserve Bank of Boston paper, "Reassessing the...

There’s Always Competition for Your Cash

When your lazy cash is sitting on your couch,...

Developer Plans to Turn Infamous Pennhurst Asylum Into AI Data Center

Real estate developer Derek Strine plans to transform the...

US Secures LNG Export Deals Worth $200 Billion

The DOE reports that Secretaries Doug Burgum and Chris...

You Know Diversification’s Best Friend Is Patience

You know about diversification. How about its best friend,...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

The principles written about here are as true today...

Walmart’s New Strategy to Integrate Restaurant and Grocery Delivery

Walmart announced a new partnership with Subway that allows...

China, Mexico, and the Rewiring of US Supply Chains

A paper by the Board of Governors of the...

US Refiners Boost Jet Fuel Output Amid Global Price Spike

An EIA report, "US Jet Fuel Market Response to...