Monthly Archives: August, 2014

Mutual Funds of the Future

"Never pick a stock again," proclaims the headline of a recent article by Money. The California Public Employees Retirement System is considering making cuts...

Higher Wages on the Horizon

Job openings hit a more than 13-year-high yesterday. The rising number of job openings signals continued improvement in the labor market. Job openings are...

Survey Says? Optimism Growing.

The NFIB Research Foundation’s survey of Small Business optimism ticked up this morning, continuing a trend of recovery from some of the worst readings...

The Monday Melee: Friday’s Bounce Explained?

Is This Why Markets Bounced on Friday? What We're Reading: Opportunity in Africa? (Quartz) Minimum Wage No Free Lunch. Cafe charges customers "minimum wage fee" The Richest Person...

Best Day to Buy a New Car: This Sunday

Here’s a fun post for you. According to data from Truecar, presented in the nifty infographic below, the best month of the year to...

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Do You Have a Survival Guy Portfolio?

If you were to construct a Survival Guy all-weather...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

Compound interest was described as the greatest mathematical discovery...

Great Solar Wall Plans Unveiled

The US Energy Information Administration reports that China’s utility-scale...

Trade War Forces Chinese Plastics Factories to the Brink

According to Nicholas Lua of Bloomberg, China's plastics factories,...

Five New Petroleum Lines Strengthen U.S. Energy Flow

The US Energy Information Administration reports that in 2024,...

Policy Failures Push Australia Toward Costly LNG Imports

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies reports that Australia’s...

The Mysterious ALS Cluster in the French Alps: Is It Linked to Toxic Mushrooms?

Terence Monmaney of Popular Science reports that in Montchavin,...

Could Gold Hit $4,500 Amid Trade Tensions?

The Economic Times reports that experts predict gold could...

What Is Gold Telling Investors? And the Dow 30?

Take a good look at my chart below of...

Australia’s Rare Earths Surge Amid China’s Export Curbs

Nic Fildes of Financial Times reports that following China’s...