Monthly Archives: May, 2016

Dividends are Back!

Dividends are back. “The humble dividend is reclaiming its rightful place as the arbiter of stock-market value. In three of the four biggest developed...

Then and Now: The Top 5 Markets, 1899 and 2015

The relative sizes of the world's top 5 largest stock markets in 1899 and 2015.

These Stocks are Crushing the Competition

For dividend focused investors, the last three years have been a tough row to hoe. From year-end 2012 through year-end 2015, the speculative NASDAQ...

Jobs, Inflation, Wages: Bad for Stocks

European Parliament Rejects China’s Bid for Market Economy Status (WSJ) Global bank hackers strike again (CNN) Retail Slump Shows Amazon Effect (WSJ) Hong Kong GDP Tumbles At...

“We Are in the First Innings of a Washout in Hedge Funds”

“There is no doubt that we are in the first innings of a washout in hedge funds,” said Dan Loeb of Third Point LLC...

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Coal Plant Retirements Accelerate, But Delays Highlight Uncertainty

US coal-fired power capacity is expected to decline from...

Retired Nuclear Plants Brought Back Online for AI Demand

Avi Salzman of Barron's reports that artificial intelligence and...

Can Milei’s Reforms Unleash Argentina’s Shale Oil?

Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale basin, once hindered by unfavorable...

Take Care of Your Money, and Yourself

We’re just over halfway through the year, and tariffs...

Tomahawk Ultra: Broadcom’s New Chip Speeds Up AI Data Processing

Broadcom has unveiled the Tomahawk Ultra, a high-speed networking...

Income Falls as Government Cuts Welfare Spending

The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that in May,...

Nuclear Energy’s Role in U.S. Climate Policy: A Congressional Overview

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) report Nuclear Energy and...

Pipeline Additions Support Growing LNG Export Demand

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

Why the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Fix America’s Broken Grid

In "How the Big Beautiful Bill will lower energy...

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

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