Monthly Archives: November, 2017

November RAGE Gauge Tells Me Investors are Too Comfortable

My goal for you with my monthly RAGE Gauge is to provide you with a quick reading of how risk is being perceived right...

Wal-Mart Shares Soar

Wal-Mart shares soared yesterday (up 10.9%) after the company reported its best sales in years. Sales at existing stores rose 2.7% in the latest...

Malls: Back Already?

The financial press has been trashing malls for months now, but it doesn't make much to turn the tide. With a bid by Brookfield...

Manufacturers Thrive in New Era

Attitudes are optimistic in the manufacturing sector. Owners of manufacturing businesses are excited to have an ally in the White House. Manufacturing employees are...

Is This the Start of a Major Downturn or Just a Healthy Correction?

The FT reports on the sell-off in the $1.3 Trillion high-yield bond market. We wrote about the shifting landscape in the high-yield bond market...

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Energy Prices, Weather Drive Winter Heating Cost Outlook

The US Energy Information Administration reports that this winter,...

Project Janus Marks Army’s Shift to Mobile, Sustainable Nuclear Energy

The US Army plans to install small nuclear reactors...

Major Timber Merger Announced as US Wood Tariffs Begin

Rayonier Inc. has agreed to acquire PotlatchDeltic Corp. in...

When Genius Failed and Your Retirement Life (Part 5)

The genius of C. Raymond Hunt was that he...

Trump Turns Up Heat on China with Cooking Oil Trade Threat

President Donald Trump threatened to halt cooking oil trade...

China’s Five-Year Plan Prioritizes High-Tech Industry Amid US Tensions

China's Communist Party is set to unveil its 2026–2030...

Richard Young Reports: 50+ Years with Fidelity and Wellington

I started in the institutional research and trading investment...

US Ethane Exports Set to Surge

The US Energy Information Administration reports that US ethane...

Netherlands Seizes Control of Chinese-Owned Chipmaker

The Dutch government has taken control of Chinese-owned chipmaker...