Monthly Archives: July, 2016

Gasoline vs. Rigs: Which Signal is Right?

Gasoline stocks in the U.S. are in uncharted territory, at all time highs for this point in the year. Simultaneously, the rig count has...

Worthy Reads: Dollar Traders Call Fed’s Bluff

Dollar Traders Call Fed’s Bluff (WSJ) Cowen: Maybe Negative Yields Are a Sign of Prosperity (Bloomberg) The Oil Price Recovery Is Drowning in Gasoline (WSJ) Housing prices, mortgage interest rates...

Silver Up 44% in First Half: Investment Demand Booms

Investment demand and sales of silver coins have surged in 2016. The Silver Institute notes that in the first half of 2016, the price...

Worthy Reads: Older Americans Are Holding On to Their Jobs

Fed Doves Won't Be Able to Rule the Roost Forever (Bloomberg) Fed Readies Enforcement Action Against Goldman in Theft of Secrets (WSJ) Older Americans Are Holding On to...

States and Cities Struggle under Pension Weight

Timothy Martin writes at the Wall Street Journal that public pensions in the United States are about to record their lowest long-term returns ever....

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When Your Survival Guy Flies Private It’s with ExpertJet

When Your Survival Guy flies private, it’s with ExpertJet....

U.S. Moves to Choke Off Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Shipments

President Trump ordered a sweeping blockade targeting all sanctioned...

Report: China Retreats from Arctic Mining—Except in Russia

A report by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies,...

Corporate Bond Yields: What You Can Earn Today

Corporate bonds are a good place to pick up...

I Like Fidelity’s Treasury Money Market, Should You?

Time for a mid-summer announcement. Don’t let your lazy...

America’s Auto Industry Unleashed

US automakers are shifting back toward selling high-margin gasoline...

Meloni Pushes to Address Italy’s Massive Debt

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wonders how any Italian...

New USGS Assessment Highlights Energy Potential in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah

The Mesaverde-Lance region has produced 16.9 trillion cubic feet...