Monthly Archives: September, 2017

Is This the Beginning of the End for Fossil Fuel Energy?

Originally posted December 27, 2017. The World Economic Forum reports that new solar and wind capacity are now cheaper than new fossil fuel energy in...

Another Big Box Behemoth Submits to a New World of Retail

It's becoming difficult to keep track of the stores that have gone bankrupt this year and last. Now another hallmark of the big box...

SEC Hacked! Is Anything Safe?

Only a week after news of the massive Equifax hack hit, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it too was hacked....

Are the Swiss Preparing their Farms for a Disaster?

Switzerland is about to pass a piece of legislation supporting domestic farming. Like the country's vaunted program of mandatory military training, the farm program...

Is Intense Investor Optimism a Sign of the End?

Investors are more optimistic than they have been for 17 years. The question is, does that bode well or ill for future stock performance?...

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Are You Living Your Best Retirement Life Like They Are?

In my conversation with you, we talked about how...

How’s Your Margin of Safety for Fixed Income?

You might be getting flooded with emails about “guaranteed”...

Good as Gold: Will Ron Paul Audit the Fed?

The price of gold has reached new highs. In...

January CPI Growth Driven by Shelter, Energy, and Food Prices

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the...

Vanguard, Bogle, Young and Your First Grade Teacher

I know that you know Vanguard lowered its fees...

Startups Challenge China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold

Robert Wright of the Financial Times reports that HyProMag,...

U.S. Seeks Access to Ukrainian Resources

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will visit Ukraine this week...

Bleeding Cash: How Tariffs Could Push Chinese Firms to the Brink

According to Hannah Miao of The Wall Street Journal,...

Trump’s Trade War Deepens Central Bank Divide

Sam Fleming, Valentina Romei, Ian Smith, and Claire Jones of the Financial Times...

Underinsured and Overexposed: LA’s Wildfires and the Jumbo Loan Dilemma

Ann Choi, Yizhu Wang, and John Gittelsohn of Bloomberg...