Monthly Archives: January, 2015

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...

Raging Bull Turns Bearish

Well sort of. James Paulsen of Wells Capital Management, one of the most outspoken bulls of today’s bubble market is raising the red flag...

Oil Collapse more than a Supply Story

Copper is said to have a PhD. in economics because it has been one of the most reliable real-time barometers of the economy. With...

Gold vs. Oil

Oil is a steal in terms of gold. The ratio of gold to oil is trading at more than two standard deviations above an...

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When a Dollar is Gone, There is No Redo

One minute you’re climbing up Odell’s Gully in hurricane...

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

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

Revitalizing U.S. Mineral Production

President Donald Trump signed the executive order Immediate Measures...

Venezuela’s Oil Trade Disrupted by Trump’s Tariff Order

On March 14, 2025, President Trump issued an executive...

Retirement: Do You Have a Guy to Help You Prepare?

Are you prepared for what you don’t know? “The...

Massive Copper Shipments Head to U.S. Amid Tariff Probe

Mercuria estimates 500,000 tons of copper are heading to...

Gold Price Surge Triggers Jewelry Sell-Off

Gold prices have soared more than 15% in 2025,...

U.S. Tariffs Could Drive Canadian Lumber Mills South

Mrinalika Roy and Seher Dareen of Reuters report that...

META’s Undersea Cable Navigates Around Global Conflicts

Margo Anderson of IEEE Spectrum reports that Meta's new...

Breakthrough Material Enables Ultra-Fast Battery Charging

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra of Interesting Engineering reports that scientists...