Monthly Archives: January, 2015

The Monday Melee: Tuesday Edition

Are You Dropping Cable This Year? What We’re Reading: Tax Reform Should Go Right Down Main Street (The Wall Street Journal) What happens if the ECB pulls...

Obama’s Motives for Raising the Capital Gains Tax

All you need to know about Obama’s motives for wanting to raise the capital gains tax in a one minute video. This is from...

IMF: Outlook Not So Good

While the U.S. has been enjoying some economic success of late, much of the world is looking gloomier. The IMF made a big cut...

Consumers Pumped

Low prices for fuel and an increase in the number of employed Americans has pumped up consumers. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment survey...

Swiss Franc Soars

The Swiss National Bank announced today that it was dropping its three year-long peg to the euro. The franc soared on the news gaining...

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There’s Nothing Wrong with Making Money Slowly (Part 13)

“If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me,” is one...

US Wine Industry Faces Multi-Year Demand Correction

The Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) State of the U.S....

Communism Ruined Venezuela’s Productivity

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reports that...

There’s Nothing Wrong with Making Money Slowly (Part 12)

When lost in the woods, rather than shelter in...

Will Washington Kill the Golden Goose?

You know that Your Survival Guy favors states with...

There’s Nothing Wrong with Making Money Slowly (Part 11)

“Survival Guy,” my father-in-law Dick Young, said to me...

Argentina’s $40 Billion Copper Bet Hinges on Glacier Law Reform

Bloomberg reports that a potential $40 billion copper boom...

Expansion Makes Corpus Christi 2nd-Largest US LNG Exporter

The US Department of Energy has approved a 12%...

What the Iran Situation Means for Gold

UPDATE 2.20.26: It appears that the Trump administration is...

US LNG SPAs Hit 5.2 Bcf/d, Highest Since 2022

In 2025, US developers signed SPAs for 40 million...