Monthly Archives: May, 2016

Have Metals hit Bottom?

Have industrial metals copper and aluminum hit bottom, or is the slight upward trend in their trajectory since late 2015 just another pause in...

Worthy Reads: U.S. consumer spending surges; inflation creeping up

Fueling Oil’s Push to $50: The Fear Factor Is Back (WSJ) The Untold Story Behind Saudi Arabia’s 41-Year U.S. Debt Secret (Bloomberg) New data shows a...

Retirement State: Which States have the Highest Estate or Inheritance Tax?

There’s a lot of reasons for New Englanders to retire to Florida or New Hampshire. From the Tax Foundation: In addition to the federal estate tax...

Risk On?

Despite warnings from Federal Reserve governors and presidents that rates hikes are imminent, both the NASDAQ and Russell 2000 indices popped this week.

Worthy Reads: Oil Prices Poised to Hit Sweet Spot

Oil Prices Poised to Hit Sweet Spot (WSJ) This 116-year-old woman dispensed fantastic advice about life and money (MarketWatch) Once Bullish, Miners Turn Bearish on Metals...

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US Moves to Cut Foreign Uranium Dependence With $2.7B Plan

The US Department of Energy announced a $2.7 billion...

Don’t Get Locked Out at the Worst of Times

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Oil, Isolation, and Anxiety: Why Cuba’s Regime Looks More Vulnerable Than Ever

Cuban-Americans in Miami, long accustomed to toasting a distant...

Consumer Channels: From Four to Infinite

I remember when, as a boy, my family got...

AI-Powered Jortty Steps In as ‘911 for the Internet’

Jortty, Inc. has launched an AI-powered tech concierge to...

Loose Wire on Containership Led to Fatal Key Bridge Collapse

The NTSB reported that a single loose wire on...

Murder Rate Drops the Most Ever

You have watched all year as the Trump administration...

Your Survival Guy’s Weather and Ski Outlook? Variable

Happy New Year. Your Survival Guy’s New Year's weather...

The Difference Between Your Problems and Another Guy’s

You’re living in a service economy where you can’t...