Monthly Archives: November, 2019

Who’s your Most Trusted Financial Advisor?

The WSJ featured a piece last Friday on the debacle that has been WeWork. WeWork is a real estate company that owns no real estate. The...

Here’s How the Wealthy Get More for Their Money

For decades high tax states have been treating their wealthiest residents like a bank account, with money to be withdrawn whenever state legislators had...

Number of Underwater Car Loans Rising

An increasing number of American car-buyers are borrowing more than the value of a vehicle they are purchasing in order to pay off loans...

Here’s What to Look for As Markets Enter an Election Year

Election years have historically been good to stock market investors. It is now one year away from Election 2020, and market participants are hanging...

Blockchain Can Bring Speed, Efficiency and Competition to Stock Settlement

I am a fan of blockchain technologies, though I am skeptical of the crypto-currencies that are so far the best-known uses of blockchain. Despite...

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

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

The Mysterious ALS Cluster in the French Alps: Is It Linked to Toxic Mushrooms?

Terence Monmaney of Popular Science reports that in Montchavin,...

How Walmart Is Closing the Gap with Amazon

Walmart has adapted to the online shopping era, delivering...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

Compound interest was described as the greatest mathematical discovery...

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...

China Cuts Rates to Offset U.S. Tariffs Ahead of Trade Talks

Ken Moritsugu and Elaine Kurtenbach of the Associated Press...

The Vanguard Wellesley Way

Vanguard Wellesley is a fund we have long admired...

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

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

Trump Administration Pauses Fossil Fuel Limits on Federal Buildings

The U.S. Department of Energy has delayed by one...