Monthly Archives: October, 2016

Worthy Reads: Resolving China’s Corporate Debt Problem

Why the Economy Doesn’t Roar Anymore (WSJ) Forget OPEC: We’re Getting Close to Peak Oil Demand (Bloomberg) Big Central Bank Assets Jump Fastest in 5 Years to...

Is Your Bank Vulnerable to ATM Cyberattacks?

Your investment success/survival is a series of smart decisions. For example, using a chip-enabled ATM and/or credit card bolsters your line of defense against...

Income Investing: These Bonds Can Help Reduce Interest Rate Risk

Many individual investors shy away from bonds that trade at a premium to par value because they don’t see the point in paying, say...

Is Over Regulation the Death Knell for U.S. Banking?

The Wall Street Journal details the potential death spiral for the over regulated U.S banking industry. The Institute of International Finance, which represents global banks,...

This is 1 Scary New Forecast: Is Recession Forthcoming?

The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow forecast tanked in the last week. From October 3 to October 14 the estimate of Q3 real GDP growth went...

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“Investors Need to Beat Back This Mighty Foe,” Dick Young

“Inertia,” Dick Young said to me recently, “is terrible....

The Mysterious ALS Cluster in the French Alps: Is It Linked to Toxic Mushrooms?

Terence Monmaney of Popular Science reports that in Montchavin,...

How Walmart Is Closing the Gap with Amazon

Walmart has adapted to the online shopping era, delivering...

Breaking Down California’s Gas Prices

California consistently has the highest gasoline prices in the...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

Compound interest was described as the greatest mathematical discovery...

Russia’s Oil Trade Severely Disrupted by Recent U.S. Sanctions

U.S. sanctions on Russia’s oil trade have grounded 61%...

China Cuts Rates to Offset U.S. Tariffs Ahead of Trade Talks

Ken Moritsugu and Elaine Kurtenbach of the Associated Press...

The Vanguard Wellesley Way

Vanguard Wellesley is a fund we have long admired...

Escape State: Blue Blob Boston Driving a Flight from Massachusetts?

When blue state politicians were promoting the Summer of...

Trump Administration Pauses Fossil Fuel Limits on Federal Buildings

The U.S. Department of Energy has delayed by one...