Monthly Archives: June, 2018

Landmark E-Commerce Decision by the Supreme Court

Today the Supreme Court has decided states are allowed to collect taxes from online retailers. Ten states already have laws requiring out of state...

Hyundai and Audi Make a New Push for Hydrogen Cars

Fuel cell technology, like cold fusion, is one of those often promised but never delivered dream-technologies. Hydrogen fuel cells could, on paper, solve many...

Growing-Up in Mattapoisett/Rochester/Marion: Going on Survival, Part II

As I wrote to you yesterday in Part I, my nephew is on a week-long camping trip called Survival with his seventh grade class...

Housing Starts Rise 5% in May

In a surprise to many economists, housing starts rose 5% in the month of May. Despite rising housing starts, the housing market is still...

GE Kicked Out of the Dow

It is a sad day for General Electric. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index committee has decided to give GE the boot. GE was...

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The Power of a Compound Interest Table

Compound interest was described as the greatest mathematical discovery...

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

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

Data Centers Could Dominate U.S. Commercial Power Use by 2050

The US Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy Outlook 2025...

UBS Predicts Robot Boom: 300 Million Humanoids by 2050

A new UBS report, led by China-based analysts and...

The Lay of the Land: Who Can You Trust?

In times like these, it’s good to get your...

Energy Dominance: DOE Outlines FY2026 Budget Under Trump Directive

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright testified before Congress...

The Mysterious ALS Cluster in the French Alps: Is It Linked to Toxic Mushrooms?

Terence Monmaney of Popular Science reports that in Montchavin,...

Oil Shock? Not So Much

Iran's parliament has voted unanimously to close the Strait...

Unleashing American Energy: Largest Deregulation in DOE History Announced

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the...

Vanguard Wellington (VWELX): The Original Balanced Fund

The Vanguard Wellington Fund (VWELX) is the original balanced...