Monthly Archives: October, 2018

Look What’s Rising While Everything Else is Falling

Since the end of August, the Dow is down, the Russell 2000 index of small stocks is down, bonds are down, oil is down,...

Retail Fight: Prepare for the Holidays

Target is ramping up its efforts to compete with rivals Walmart and Amazon by offering free two-day shipping on online orders during the holiday...

Your Retirement Life: A Dire Warning Part IV

Last week Facebook revealed a data breach affecting 30 million accounts and shares are down about 27% since July. These and other longer-term problems...

Buyer Beware: Goldman Goes Retail

Goldman Sachs has signaled it is taking a step down to provide services to the masses. With online banking offerings, mutual funds and ETFs,...

Calper’s OPM

Turns out, members of California’s public pension don’t like it when the C-suite are activists with other people’s money. The workers expressed their dissatisfaction...

Popular

Paris: Watch Your Back and Margin of Safety

Your Survival Guy is back from a ten-day trip...

Why Diesel Prices Have Surged Across the U.S.

U.S. diesel prices have risen sharply due to high...

Gulf Pipeline Projects Could Bypass Strait of Hormuz Within Five Years

HSBC Chief Executive Georges Elhedery said investment in alternative...

Crash!

I have been investing since the spring of 1964,...

Tesla Roadster: The Flying Supercar

The Tesla Roadster is an innovative electric sports car...

The Geothermal Revolution: How Deep Drilling Is Unlocking Terawatts of Clean Power

A geothermal energy boom is emerging in the American...

Federal Funding to Strengthen Northeast Energy Security

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to...

U.S. and South America Boost Oil and Gas Exports

The conflict involving Iran and disruptions to Middle Eastern...

They’ll Wonder How You Live So Well

The businesses of the top 10 companies in the...

What We’re Reading 12-14-12

Taxes Are Much Higher Than You Think, Prescott and...