Monthly Archives: March, 2018

Is the Sun Setting on Offshore Oil in the Gulf of Mexico?

A recent auction of oil drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico was met with yawns by the oil drilling industry. Only 1% of...

World’s Largest Fund Manager Bets Big on Algorithms

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is making a big bet on quantitative investing. BlackRock’s quant group has shown strong results, so Larry Fink,...

How Many “Retirees” Will Keep Working?: Part II

Of Americans aged 50 and over who are still working, 31% haven't even prepared a retirement budget. Of that same group 73% prepare to...

The Race for the World’s Lithium

With demand for lithium ion batteries for cars, phones, grid storage and more growing each day, there is a race on to secure the...

How Many “Retirees” Will Keep Working?

The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) reports that 79% of workers expect to keep working to supplement their retirement incomes. That's a plan for...

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Trump Turns Up Heat on China with Cooking Oil Trade Threat

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

Crisis in the Vines: Wine Glut Forces Growers to Abandon Acres

California’s wine industry is facing a severe crisis as...

Vanguard Wellesley (VWINX) vs. Wellington (VWELX): Which Fund is Best?

The Vanguard Wellesley (VWINX) and Wellington (VWELX) funds are both...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

The principles written about here are as true today...

When It Rains, It Pours

When it rains, it pours. Reminds me of a...

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

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

Consumer Spending Boosts GDP

The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that real gross...

Can Wine Learn from Coffee?

As wine sales continue to decline both in the...

Are We Still Early in the Oil-Stock Rally?

Here MarketWatch offers a timely look at the brightening oil-stock...

AI’s Thirst for Water – One Bottle of Water Per Email

Pranshu Verma and Shelly Tan of The Washington Post...