Monthly Archives: March, 2018

Dangerous Rules Make American Pensions Riskier

Originally posted on August 22, 2016. The abuse of expected returns assumptions at public pension funds in America is something I have regularly raised a...

Facebook Feeding Frenzy

Traders are swarming Facebook shares, buying options to take advantage of the tech company's volatile stock prices. Gunjan Banerji reports in The Wall Street...

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

In my series this week about retirees working through retirement I told you first that 79% of retirees expect to keep working in retirement,...

How to Win in Retail? Unique Products

If a retailer is selling the same product lines as e-commerce giants Amazon.com and Walmart, it will be hard to compete. Unique product lines...

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...

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“Ice Storms Are a Hurricane for Us”

You know that Mississippi, located on the edge of...

Bessent: The Table Is Set

You know Your Survival Guy is not in the...

Solar, Wind Output Decline as Coal and Gas Power Demand

During the week ending January 25, 2026, Winter Storm...

Thank Goodness for Coal

Despite the best attempts of the Obama and Biden...

The Widening Gap

You saw on the nightly news the success Elon...

The Private Credit Cash Out

Private credit investors are cashing out at unusually high...

DOE Acts to Prevent Winter Storm Blackouts

The US Department of Energy issued emergency orders under...

US GDP Growth Accelerates to 4.4% in Q3 2025

Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that Real GDP grew...

Natural Gas Prices Jump on Ice Storm Threat

With a big ice storm coming, natural gas buyers...

Sherill Hamstrings NJ Energy Market

On her first day in office, New Jersey Gov....