Monthly Archives: November, 2018

Is This Just the Beginning of the FAANG Collapse?

Barbara Kollmeyer, reporting at MarketWatch, rounds up a host of negative views on the future of the FAANGS. She writes: Hide behind defensives? That doesn’t...

Top Gun: The Fed’s Powell in a Danger Zone

  “When we were first starting out our mortgage rate was ten percent, not a two percent adjustable.”   --says any parent who bought a home in...

Musk on Tesla’s Near-Death Experience

Bloomberg's John Bowker reports on an Axios interview Tesla CEO Elon Musk in which he said that Tesla, at one point, had only a...

Cryptocosm and Life After Google Part IV

You’re witnessing what happens when markets dry-up as shown here with bitcoin (see chart below). I've been warning readers about what George Gilder calls...

Top 10 “Retirement Killers”

There are a number of ways to mess up your retirement plan, but some are more dangerous than others. At MarketWatch, Brett Arends lists...

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Russia’s Oil Trade Severely Disrupted by Recent U.S. Sanctions

U.S. sanctions on Russia’s oil trade have grounded 61%...

Breaking Down California’s Gas Prices

California consistently has the highest gasoline prices in the...

“Investors Need to Beat Back This Mighty Foe,” Dick Young

“Inertia,” Dick Young said to me recently, “is terrible....

Rebuilding Together: U.S.-Ukraine Forge Economic Future

In a White House press release, they report that...

Vanguard Wellesley (VWINX) vs. Wellington (VWELX): Which Fund is Best?

The Vanguard Wellesley (VWINX) and Wellington (VWELX) funds are both...

Manufacturing Shines Amid Broader U.S. Productivity Decline

In Q1 2025, U.S. nonfarm business productivity fell 0.8%,...

Escape State: Blue Blob Boston Driving a Flight from Massachusetts?

When blue state politicians were promoting the Summer of...

Your Survival Guy’s Number One Recommendation in Times Like These

Originally posted October 27, 2022. OK, what’s Your Survival Guy’s...

Global Automakers Eye U.S. Manufacturing Amid Tariff Concerns

Overseas automakers, facing potential 25% U.S. tariffs, are considering...

Amazon Unleashes Vulcan: A Robot That Feels

Amazon has introduced Vulcan, its first robot equipped with...