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...

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Why Diesel Prices Have Surged Across the U.S.

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

Fusion Energy Nears Tipping Point

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a new...

Stocks you can Trust Today

With the Dow soaring to record highs you have...

Amazon Rewires Data Centers to Beat Power Grid Strain

Amazon Web Services redesigned its Mississippi data centers after...

Live to Fight another Day

At year-end 1965 the Dow Jones Industrial average closed...

The Heroin Connection

Heroin is a highly addictive drug. It is an...

Who took all of America’s Manufacturing Jobs?

The decline in manufacturing employment in the U.S. has...

Just How Low Can Jobless Claims Fall?

Once again, the number weekly jobless claims has hit...

Regulators Zoom in on Blank Check Firms (SPACS)

Special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACS), also known as blank check...