Monthly Archives: July, 2016

As Prices Fell, Frackers Became more Productive

Prices for crude oil are still down from their highs, but drillers have gained productivity, offsetting the negative impacts of prices.

Worthy Reads: History Favors an Election Correction for Stocks

Gold’s Relationship With the Dollar: It’s Getting Complicated (WSJ) The decades-long, post-war growth of America’s middle class is at an end (MarketWatch) Why We Hate Office Jargon...

Avoid “Unpleasant Bumps” in Retirement

The Wall Street Journal's Mia Lamar has written a profile of the high-risk Singaporean hedge fund, Quantedge Capital Pte Ltd. The fund has had...

Worthy Reads: Data scientist says the Fed has no idea how to forecast the economy

Fed Officials More Confident in Rate Increase This Year (WSJ) Where Clinton, Trump Stand on the Economy (WSJ) Companies Forgot About Mom-and-Pop Investors...Until Now (WSJ) Trump Tells Donors He Wants...

Housing Materials More Expensive Today than 2005

The Ro-Mac Lumber Whole House Commodity Index, which tracks the cost of building a 2,200 sq/ft home in Central Florida, hit another record high today.

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Major Shale Consolidation: Devon and Coterra Agree to Merge

US shale producers Devon Energy and Coterra Energy agreed...

Bessent: The Table Is Set

You know Your Survival Guy is not in the...

White House Report: Eliminating State Income Taxes Could Boost Growth

The report, "The Economic Impact of State Income Tax...

Natural Gas Prices Drive Higher Wholesale Electricity Costs

Average day-ahead wholesale electricity prices across most of the...

What is the Best Gold ETF for Investing and Trading?

One of the easiest and lowest-cost ways to buy...

“Ice Storms Are a Hurricane for Us”

You know that Mississippi, located on the edge of...

China Pushes to Silence Worst Environmental Disaster in Zambia’s History

Over seven months after a major toxic waste spill...

High-Tech Tanker Tracking Reveals Global Oil Flows

Mia Gindis of Bloomberg reports that tanker tracking firms...

Emergency Power Orders Issued as Cold Snap Strains Florida’s Electric Grid

The US Department of Energy, led by Energy Secretary...