Monthly Archives: February, 2016

Is Your Broker Giving You the Best Advice?

Once again a Wall Street brokerage has been caught red-handed passing off puff pieces on the stocks and bonds of companies it has an investment...

Roger Babson Quoted in Book: 1929

Here’s a reminder about the markets, emailed to me by a client from the Greatest Generation over the weekend. What she sent was not only...

Friday Free For All: Negative Rates a Failure

Negative Rates Don't Work BlackRock's Senior Director Peter Fisher eviscerates the idea of negative rates in this interview with Bloomberg. Gold vs Negative Rates Mining CEO lays...

Warren Miller: Your Search for Freedom

If you’re a skier then you know the name Warren Miller—famous for his ground-breaking ski movies shot in some of the most beautiful mountains...

Can OPEC Tame Texas?

At Bloomberg, Javier Blas and Dan Murtaugh write: Saudi Arabia and Russia have taken the first step to stem the slide in oil prices. There’s...

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

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

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

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

The Strait of Hormuz: Oil’s Global Chokepoint

The Strait of Hormuz remains a vital chokepoint for...

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

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

A Classic Issue from Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report

Over the weekend, Your Survival guy re-read Richard C....

Natural Gas Power Growth Slows, but Big Gains Possible by 2028

The US Energy Information Administration reports that developers plan...

Pipeline Additions Support Growing LNG Export Demand

In 2024, U.S. natural gas pipeline projects added 17.8...

Electric Aviation: New Fuel Cell Breakthrough Triples Battery Energy Density

MIT researchers have developed a revolutionary sodium-air fuel cell...

Trump Mobile Targets Conservative Consumers with U.S.-Made Service

The Trump Organization has launched Trump Mobile, a new...

Voice Spoofing: Now Criminals Can Deepfake Your Voice

Is that your boss on the phone telling you...