Monthly Archives: November, 2015

This is why Pfizer is Spending $155 Billion on Botox

Pfizer, the makers of Viagra have agreed to buy Allergan, the makers of Botox for $155 billion. It sounds like destiny. Pfizer isn’t buying...

Goodbye Connecticut

Over the weekend a client emailed me an article about Connecticut’s Borgeson Universal Co. It produces steering components and has operated in Torrington, Connecticut since...

RIP Richard Russell

The publisher of Dow Theory Letters has passed away at the age of 91. Richard Russell worked right to the bitter end. Even in...

What We’re Reading 11-23-2015

Elizabeth Warren's Tax Warning - WSJ Argentina Shifts Right - The Guardian Why Housing Hasn't Lifted the Economy Much - WSJ Reining in a Sprawling Federal Reserve...

How High Can Interest Rates Go?

The Fed released the minutes from its latest policy meeting on Wednesday. The minutes are usually a snooze-fest. They tell the public about the...

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When a Dollar is Gone, There is No Redo

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

Revitalizing U.S. Mineral Production

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

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

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

Trump Aims to Cut China Off from U.S. Tech

The U.S. Commerce Department has added over 70 Chinese...

Gold Price Surge Triggers Jewelry Sell-Off

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

Breakthrough Material Enables Ultra-Fast Battery Charging

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

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

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

META’s Undersea Cable Navigates Around Global Conflicts

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

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

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

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

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