Monthly Archives: January, 2020

Target Aiming to Crack Top 10 E-Commerce Sellers with Tech

Target is using a completely rebuilt tech department to transform its e-commerce sales. At current growth rates, Target will become one of the top...

You May Not Be Able to Trust the World’s Largest Asset Manager

Be careful who you let run your money because they might have their best interests in mind, not yours. Despite his fiduciary duty to...

Is Competition Finally Impacting Netflix?

Anna Nicolaou reports for the Financial Times that Netflix is blaming less-than-expected subscriber growth in the United States on increased competition and its higher...

Value Stocks are Nearly the Cheapest They’ve Ever Been…

“Value stocks are nearly the cheapest they’ve ever been compared with growth companies,” writes Jason Zweig in his WSJ column Intelligent Investor referencing a...

Junk Bond Traders are Extra Jumpy over Ratings Downgrades

In normal times, junk bond traders will often have ratings downgrades priced in well before the ratings agencies get around to making it official....

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Are You Living Your Best Retirement Life Like They Are?

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...

U.S. Seeks Access to Ukrainian Resources

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

Turkey’s Energy Dilemma: Coal Reliance vs. Nuclear Ambition

Gavin Maguire of Reuters reports that Turkey, Europe's top...

Trump Urges Europe to Boost Defense Spending

John Paul Rathbone of the Financial Times reports that...

China’s Export Rush to Beat US Tariffs Hits New High

Shanghai’s port traffic hit a record 5 million containers...

Vanguard, Bogle, Young and Your First Grade Teacher

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

February RAGE Gauge: Are We Having Fun Yet?

Are we having fun yet? What did you expect?...