Monthly Archives: June, 2018

Survive and Thrive June: Knife Attack: Your Survival Guy in Paris

“Did you hear the gun shots?” a friend asked. “No,” I said. When the knife attack occurred, we, like many other families on a Saturday...

Interest Rates Need to be Higher Pronto

Inflation? Yes it’s a thing. Anyone living in the real world recognizes it at the grocery store, in the real estate section of their...

A Private Equity Quant Fund?

Yup, as the FT reports here, the folk at Man Group and AQR are developing quant funds to track the returns of private equity....

Highest Number of Pay Raises in Decades

The NFIB small business survey is showing the highest net number of firms raising worker pay in over three decades. A net 35% of...

Higher Costs and Trade Risks Scare American Manufacturers Away from China

In a change of course, American businesses like Amazon and Microsoft are expanding in Taiwan, rather than mainland China. The move is a reaction...

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Brrrr, Don’t Blame the Weatherman for the Weather

In my conversations with you this week, we’ve talked...

What’s Up with Fidelity?

If you’re a Fidelity customer and have a money...

Stargate: Trump Unveils $500 Billion AI Initiative

Emily Bary and Victor Reklaitis of MarketWatch report that...

Frozen Gold: Greenland’s Riches and the Struggle to Extract Them

Greenland has vast mineral reserves critical for tech and...

Will State Pension Funds Get Over the Cash Hurdle?

You have read in the past that Your Survival...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

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

Working with “Your Hope We All Make It Guy”

Are you working with “Your Hope We All Make...

Trump May Greenlight Massive Copper Mine Stuck in 12 Year Permit Battle

Leslie Hook and Pilita Clark of the Financial Times...

U.S.-Canada Oil Ties Tense Amid Tariff Warnings

David Uberti of Bloomberg reports that President Donald Trump’s...

Mali Military Seizes Gold from Canadian Mining Giant

Mali's military government has seized $245 million worth of...