Monthly Archives: October, 2018

The Truth Behind the S&P 500: Part VIII

I've written to you many times about the scary truth behind the S&P 500. The reality is, if you're buying a tracking fund, you're...

This Can’t Happen Soon Enough

Some of America’s largest businesses that have a major impact on almost every U.S. citizen and billions more internationally, are now governed by a...

Thinking of Moving for Retirement? Check This Out

As elections come up, where we live and the political/governance climate there comes into sharper view. This piece I wrote on August 10, 2017...

Retirement Benefits: They’re not all in Dollars

You may have noticed stocks are acting a little funny lately. Whether it’s scary October, midterms, or earnings, there’s always something to worry about....

Tim Cook Slams Rivals’ Surveillance of Consumers

In Brussels on Wednesday, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., tore into other tech companies for performing what he called "surveillance," on users by...

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Get Your Lazy Cash Working

As CDs come due, investors aren’t seeing CD yields...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

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

The Real Action of Compounding

As Your Survival Guy, my job is to share...

Global NatGas Market Could Experience Tighter Supply-Demand

The US Energy Information Administration reports that the global...

According to Him, This Is When Investing Becomes Fun

Let’s revisit one of my all-time favorite pieces from...

What the Chinese Are Learning from Russian Sanctions

Georgi Kantchev and Lingling Wei of The Wall Street...

China’s Biggest EV Maker Has a Side Hustle

Yang Jie of The Wall Street Journal tells his...

Is China Surpassing the West in the Arab World?

Edward White, Cheng Leng, Ahmed Al Omran, and Alex...

China’s Gold Discovery Could Be the Largest Ever

Tim Newcomb of Popular Mechanics reports that $83 billion...

High-End, Red-Hot Retail in Lisbon

Arick Wierson of The Robin Report tells his readers...