Monthly Archives: March, 2019

Is Amazon’s Brand Power Wide but Shallow?

Amazon has stepped into many industries, not just e-commerce and online services, but actually producing its own line of Amazon branded products. There has...

Is Europe the Next Japan?

Europe's growth and inflation are slowing, worrying economists and investors that the continent may be the next place to go through "Japanification." James Mackintosh...

A Keurig for Your Cocktail?

Anheuser-Busch InBev and Keurig Dr Pepper are teaming up with a plan to make single-serve cocktail machines similar to Keurig's hot beverage machines. A...

Another Win for the Right to Work

Toyota has announced it will build a new plant in Alabama. Right to Work states like Alabama are popular destinations for automakers who want...

Facebook’s Talent Exodus is a Harbinger of Change, or Trouble

Executives are fleeing Facebook as the company comes under increased fire for privacy and anti-trust issues. Last week Facebook's chief product officer, Chris Cox,...

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In my conversation with you, we talked about how...

How’s Your Margin of Safety for Fixed Income?

You might be getting flooded with emails about “guaranteed”...

Good as Gold: Will Ron Paul Audit the Fed?

The price of gold has reached new highs. In...

January CPI Growth Driven by Shelter, Energy, and Food Prices

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the...

Vanguard, Bogle, Young and Your First Grade Teacher

I know that you know Vanguard lowered its fees...

Startups Challenge China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold

Robert Wright of the Financial Times reports that HyProMag,...

U.S. Seeks Access to Ukrainian Resources

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will visit Ukraine this week...

Bleeding Cash: How Tariffs Could Push Chinese Firms to the Brink

According to Hannah Miao of The Wall Street Journal,...

Trump’s Trade War Deepens Central Bank Divide

Sam Fleming, Valentina Romei, Ian Smith, and Claire Jones of the Financial Times...

Underinsured and Overexposed: LA’s Wildfires and the Jumbo Loan Dilemma

Ann Choi, Yizhu Wang, and John Gittelsohn of Bloomberg...