Monthly Archives: October, 2016

Could Innovative New Tech Stem the Retail Return Tsunami?

In 2015 Americans returned $260.5 billion worth of retail merchandise. That's an astonishing 8% of total sales. Much of that returned inventory can't simply be placed...

Worthy Reads: Venezuelans gather for mass march against Maduro

Slowdown in State, Local Investment Dents U.S. Economy (WSJ) ‘High pressure economy’ may punish both stocks and bonds in 2017 (MarketWatch) Google puts the brakes on Fiber and...

Portfolio Strategy: Will the Bubble Get bigger?

Janet Yellen gave a speech earlier this month where she suggested that the Fed should run a “high-pressure” economy in an effort to fix...

Is Your Valuable Credit Card Information at Risk Right Now?

October is Cyber Security awareness month , and I've been writing (read here, here, and here) that you must protect yourself from hackers and scammers....

Germany Massively Wasting Its Potential to Grow

The Wall Street Journal shows that German businesses have piled up $500 billion in cash and deposits leading to underinvestment in German industry. FRANKFURT—German companies...

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A Word on the Trump/Harris Dystopian Debate

We knew going in that former President Donald Trump...

You’re Ignorant, Learn to Know the Answers

When you invest in a passive index, is it...

Two States Top US Power Sector’s Battery Pipeline

Gavin Maguire of Reuters reports that California and Texas...

A Word on Stock Prices and Their Nephew

A word on stock market prices and their nephew...

USPS Contracted Trucking Company Abruptly Closes

Clarissa Hawes of Freight Waves reports that postal contractor...

Electric Utilities Want Faster Rate Increases

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports electric utilities...

China Boasts of Plans for World’s Largest LNG Tanker

The Maritime Executive reports that China's new design concept...

Apple Touts AI-Powered Features Coming to Devices

Brian Heater of TechCrunch reports that after months of...

California’s Crushing Electric Bills

Liam Denning of Bloomberg reports that California must overhaul...

China Challenges US-Led Global Order with African Aid

Ken Moritsugu and Monika Pronczuk of the Associated Press...