Monthly Archives: December, 2018

American Municipalities Offer Less Info, More Debt

You might think that after the blunders of the recent past, public borrowers would have learned the lessons of 2008, but that would be...

A New Amazon Model for India

Amazon has been working to tackle one of the most difficult logistics challenges in the world, rural India. The company is building a logistics...

Equities Still Expensive by Historical Standards

Aaron Brown sends investors a note of caution from the opinion page of Bloomberg, writing: The S&P 500 Index reached a record high in September,...

In 2019, Give Me Cash

That’s my investment creed. I don’t mind when markets are down as long as I’m still getting paid. Regular dividends and interest are succor...

In Retirement Stop Working, Start Earning. Here’s How

Despite the recent market turbulence, there is one group of investors who have so far been insulated by good decisions they made long ago. Dividend...

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Walking on the Moon with Your Survival Guy

OK, Your Survival Guy wasn’t in sunny Key West...

Iran’s Rial Weakens as Inflation and Unrest Surge

Iran’s currency has fallen to record lows following the...

Oil, Isolation, and Anxiety: Why Cuba’s Regime Looks More Vulnerable Than Ever

Cuban-Americans in Miami, long accustomed to toasting a distant...

Murder Rate Drops the Most Ever

You have watched all year as the Trump administration...

Don’t Get Locked Out at the Worst of Times

The worst possible time in your life could be...

Arkansas Forestry Shows Resilience Amid Timber Price Declines

The Pine Bluff Commercial reports that Arkansas’s forestry sector...

Natural Gas Consumption Soars in Pennsylvania’s Power Sector

Since 2013, natural gas has become Pennsylvania’s primary fuel...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

The principles written about here are as true today...

Paris’s Big Plans for the Champs-Elysées

In The Robin Report, Mark Faithfull describes how a...

Driverless Disaster: Blackout Turns Waymo Vehicles into Roadblocks

A widespread power outage in San Francisco caused by...