Monthly Archives: September, 2016

Is Your Wealth Manager Held to this Higher Standard?

If you choose to work with an investment advisor, wealth manager, financial planner, stock broker, retirement specialist, you name it, there really is only...

The Longest S&P Earnings Decline since 2008

The Wall Street Journal correctly reports that investors continue to reach for yield despite crumbling earnings. The third quarter was supposed to be when earnings...

Merger Activity in Pipeline Shares Heats Up

The last big takeover in the pipeline industry (only announced a couple of weeks ago) was Enbridge Energy buying Spectra energy. The acquisition created...

Solid Advice From E.J. Smith in 2009, Even Better Today!

In 2009 E.J. Smith wrote: In 2008 alone $108 billion flowed into the top three custodians for investment advisers while the big-four Wall Street brokerages...

Consumer Confidence Hits 9 Year High in Latest Release

American consumer confidence hit a nine-year high today, the highest reading since the Great Recession.

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Outage Highlights Internet’s Dependence on AWS Infrastructure

On October 20, a major outage at Amazon Web...

Senate Democrats Plan Luxury Napa Retreat Amid Looming Government Shutdown

Senate Democrats, led by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee...

When It Rains, It Pours

When it rains, it pours. Reminds me of a...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

The principles written about here are as true today...

Project Janus Marks Army’s Shift to Mobile, Sustainable Nuclear Energy

The US Army plans to install small nuclear reactors...

UK’s Clean Energy Ambitions at Risk Due to Transformer Shortages

Rachel Millard, Jim Pickard and Simeon Kerr of the Financial Times report...

US–Mexico Energy Trade Falls to $57B in 2024

The US Energy Information Administration reports that in 2024,...

The Big Blue Blobs Are Worse than You Thought

Your Survival Guy has lamented the mismanagement of America's...

Wellington Management Company

My history with Wellington Management and the Vanguard group...

Texas Energy Use Surges While National Consumption Declines

In 2023, Texas consumed more energy than any other...