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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Are You One of the 77% Who Reported…

Did you know that over three-quarters of Americans had...

VA Approves New Rate Class for Large Electricity Users, Including Data Centers

The State Corporation Commission has approved a new electricity...

EU Sanctions and Refinery Outages Push Diesel Prices Up

The US Energy Information Administration reports that global diesel...

The Macro Impact of the Data Center Investment Boom

Data center construction and high-tech investments, particularly in the...

Ginnie Mae (GNMA) Bond Yields

What do Ginnie Mae (GNMA) bonds yield? The table...

The Geothermal Revolution: How Deep Drilling Is Unlocking Terawatts of Clean Power

A geothermal energy boom is emerging in the American...

US Oil and Gas Operators Get Extra Time on Methane Emission Rules

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Administrator Lee Zeldin,...

Who’s Ready for the Big Game on Thanksgiving?

I hope you’re ready for the big game this...

Subchapter V Filings Hit All-Time High as Creditors Tighten the Squeeze

A federal program aimed at helping America’s smallest businesses...

First Fully Modular Nuclear Reactor for Data Centers

Aalo Atomics, a Texas-based nuclear energy company, has introduced...