Monthly Archives: April, 2016

Worthy Reads: Credit Defaults set to Rise

Credit Defaults set to Rise (Financial Times) The Plan to Fortify the Grid (WSJ) Jeff Immelt Takes Bernie to School (Washington Post) A Troubling Divergence for Bulls...

As Good as Gold

Spot gold up 16.9% YTD.

Stocks Rarely This Expensive

The S&P Price-to-Sales ratio is back near its high for the cycle and the highest level outside of the greatest stock market bubble in...

Worthy Reads: Recession Imminent?

Recession Imminent? (CNBC) The Stock Market's Surprising New Stars (MarketWatch) They Want Your IRA (WSJ) Buy or Rent (NYTimes) More bad policy from Obama Administration (WSJ) Japan's Problems Can't...

You Will Get Crushed in These Bonds

The global bond market is broken. Years of zero interest rates and trillions spent buying everything from government bonds to corporate bonds by 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...