Monthly Archives: March, 2015

NASDAQ Missed the Boat

NASDAQ crossed 5,000 for the first time in 15 years. That’s a long-time to wait, especially if you’re not getting paid. Back in 2000, when...

Buying Panic in the Board Room

Wondering why stocks rose the most in over three years in February? Bloomberg reports that $104 billion in repurchases were announced last month—the most...

The Monday Melee: Baltic Dry Index Anchored

Baltic Dry Index Sits a Lows: The Baltic Exchange is the world's only independent source of maritime market information. It's 600 members are responsible for...

Lawyers 1, Savers 0

President Obama’s latest financial regulation on retirement accounts will not help savers. But it will help the lawyers. What the White House is trying to...

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“Investors Need to Beat Back This Mighty Foe,” Dick Young

“Inertia,” Dick Young said to me recently, “is terrible....

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

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

How Walmart Is Closing the Gap with Amazon

Walmart has adapted to the online shopping era, delivering...

Breaking Down California’s Gas Prices

California consistently has the highest gasoline prices in the...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

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

Russia’s Oil Trade Severely Disrupted by Recent U.S. Sanctions

U.S. sanctions on Russia’s oil trade have grounded 61%...

China Cuts Rates to Offset U.S. Tariffs Ahead of Trade Talks

Ken Moritsugu and Elaine Kurtenbach of the Associated Press...

The Vanguard Wellesley Way

Vanguard Wellesley is a fund we have long admired...

Escape State: Blue Blob Boston Driving a Flight from Massachusetts?

When blue state politicians were promoting the Summer of...

Trump Administration Pauses Fossil Fuel Limits on Federal Buildings

The U.S. Department of Energy has delayed by one...