Monthly Archives: January, 2016

Recession Here

The latest industrial production numbers were released this morning and they came in below estimates with the prior month revised down. The year-to-year rate...

Transportation Index in a Bear Market

Over the last year, the Dow Jones Transportation index is down over 20 percent. The Transports index is loaded with companies that move goods...

Transports Signal Trouble

Transportation stocks tend to be a leading economic indicator. The theory goes that before you can sell the goods you have to move the...

Turn $200 into $7 million

A client shared this story with me last week: In 1935 Grace Groner purchased three shares of company stock in Abbott Labs. 75 years...

The Monday Melee: How Low Will Oil Fall?

Morgan Stanley Analysts Predict $20 Oil Brent Crude Drops Below 2008 Lows Prices Near $31/Barrel Today Nicole Friedman writes in The Wall Street Journal: Brent, the global benchmark,...

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The Power of a Compound Interest Table

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

Dick Young’s Research Key: Anecdotal Evidence Gathering

Originally posted on September 5, 2017. After a nearly 40-year...

Vanguard Wellesley (VWINX) vs. Wellington (VWELX): Which Fund is Best?

The Vanguard Wellesley (VWINX) and Wellington (VWELX) funds are both...

January CPI Growth Driven by Shelter, Energy, and Food Prices

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the...

Happy Valentine’s Day from Us: How You Livin’?

Happy Valentine’s Day from us, hope you made it...

Could Arabica Coffee Prices Drop 30% by End of 2025?

A poll of analysts by Reuters found that they...

Good as Gold: Will Ron Paul Audit the Fed?

The price of gold has reached new highs. In...

Containers From China to Mexico Will Exceed the US West Coast by 2031

Sam Chambers of Splash247 reports that Mexico's Manzanillo port...

The Growing Shortage of Small Warehouses

Liz Young of The Wall Street Journal reports that...

The Real Action of Compounding

As Your Survival Guy, my job is to share...