Monthly Archives: September, 2017

Today’s Biggest Risks

Nice piece from Stephen Roach at Project Syndicate. Little deep in the weeds on monetary policy, but worth your time. Normalization is all about a...

Bezos and Boston, MA

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos isn’t like the rest of us. That’s a given. Here you get some insight about his history with Boston, MA as...

You Won’t Believe What Happened to These Mutual Funds

Barron’s reported over the weekend that Third Avenue Management, the firm founded by deep value investing pioneer Marty Whitman, is undergoing yet another management...

America’s Crude Oil Exports Ready to Surge

Prices for WTI crude have dropped in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The Texas crude benchmark price has dropped to a $6.63 discount per...

Hartford, CT Downgraded to Junk Status

Imagine if your credit score got reduced to junk status and you quickly understand how municipal bonds work. Joseph De Avila reports at the...

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Your Survival Guy’s Boat-Shoes-on-the-Docks View

Your Survival Guy’s boat-shoes-on-the-docks view of summer 2025. When...

DOE Unveils Plan to Quadruple U.S. Nuclear Power by 2050

The Department of Energy's report, Evaluating the Reliability and...

Your Survival Guy: “You Wouldn’t Have Liked It”

On Sunday, Your Survival Guy had to deal with...

Would the Pat Buchanan Plan Work Today?

In July 2014, I outlined for readers a plan...

California Faces Fuel Price Volatility Amid Refinery Closures

California will lose 17% of its oil refinery capacity...

New U.S. Magnet Plant Announced in Multibillion-Dollar Defense Deal

MP Materials announced in a press release that it...

U.S. and Israel Partner on AI and Energy Innovation

US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris...

How China Weaponized Rare Earths to Shift U.S. Trade Policy

China’s new export controls on rare earth minerals and...

Trump Administration Moves to Curb Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland

The Trump administration has launched a crackdown on foreign...

New Tariff Rates Announced as U.S. Tackles Trade Deficit

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order extending certain...