Monthly Archives: September, 2018

The Prospect of a Decade Long Asset Boom Reversal is Worrying

Writing at the Financial Times, Michael Mackensie explains that a reversal in the the decade long, quantitative easing fueled boom in asset price is...

China Asks Wall Street How to Reform its Laws

China wants to know what Wall Street thinks it should do to foster better ties with U.S. business. The country's leaders sent invitations to...

Are Today’s Bitcoin Investors Making the Same Mistake as Isaac Newton?

I wrote this back on August 7, but it's worth posting again in light of recent crypto-volatility.  Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Andy Kessler...

Patience and Profits in Pipeline Shares

According to Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren, making money in pipelines right now is so easy a monkey could do it. That follows...

Will Turkey’s Rate Hike Be Enough to Calm Lira Traders?

Once confidence in a currency is lost, it's hard to get it back. Turkish central bankers are trying hard to hold the public's confidence...

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When a Dollar is Gone, There is No Redo

One minute you’re climbing up Odell’s Gully in hurricane...

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

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

Revitalizing U.S. Mineral Production

President Donald Trump signed the executive order Immediate Measures...

Venezuela’s Oil Trade Disrupted by Trump’s Tariff Order

On March 14, 2025, President Trump issued an executive...

Retirement: Do You Have a Guy to Help You Prepare?

Are you prepared for what you don’t know? “The...

Massive Copper Shipments Head to U.S. Amid Tariff Probe

Mercuria estimates 500,000 tons of copper are heading to...

Gold Price Surge Triggers Jewelry Sell-Off

Gold prices have soared more than 15% in 2025,...

META’s Undersea Cable Navigates Around Global Conflicts

Margo Anderson of IEEE Spectrum reports that Meta's new...

U.S. Tariffs Could Drive Canadian Lumber Mills South

Mrinalika Roy and Seher Dareen of Reuters report that...

Breakthrough Material Enables Ultra-Fast Battery Charging

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra of Interesting Engineering reports that scientists...