Monthly Archives: May, 2019

Your Retirement Life: Choosing Where to Retire: Part IV

Yesterday, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo extended legislation for continuing contracts for union employees, and transmitted legislation mandating overtime for firefighters. Who doesn’t like...

Hulu is Welcomed Into the House of Mouse

Disney has signed a deal with Comcast to take full control of Hulu. The company had shared control with Fox, AT&T (which acquired a...

There Will be a Winner in the U.S. China Trade War

It turns out during the recent U.S./China battle the trade to have made was to buy bonds such as Vanguard GNMA. Yesterday, when the Dow...

The Fed Unleashed a Force it Can’t Control

After the Fed told banks it was OK to lend to riskier companies, that's exactly what they did. Now, underwriting standards have fallen so...

Total Set to Become African Natural Gas Giant

As Occidental Petroleum attempts to purchase Anadarko Petroleum, it is raising funds for the deal by selling Anadarko's African natural gas assets to French...

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The Trouble with Balanced Mutual Funds and ETFs

In the past, when I thought about balanced mutual...

Retail Sales Growth Worrisome

Growth in sales at retail chain stores has fallen...

December RAGE Gauge: Boom! Small Business Outlook Jumps

Wow, isn’t it amazing what a difference one month...

Retirement No Time for Whipsaw Portfolio Volatility

A basic understanding of the arithmetic of portfolio losses...

Summers: Best of the Bad Choices

The top two candidates to replace the money printer...

Gold for all in India

Big changes could be coming to the gold market...

The Monday Melee: What Can Trade Tell Us?

Mixed Results at American Ports Since the financial crisis, traffic...

Dick Young’s Short Term Bull & Bear Portfolio (STBB)

One Man's Opinion Let’s see if STBB is for you. You’re...

Highest Number of Pay Raises in Decades

The NFIB small business survey is showing the highest...

You Won’t Believe the Suggestion a BlackRock Investing Officer Made to the ECB

It is hard to imagine clear-headed people who would...