Monthly Archives: June, 2020

Option Trading Surges Among New Investors: What Could Go Wrong?

When I was at Babson, I had a part-time job as a phone rep at Wall Street Games—a stock market contest that used options...

What Crisis is the Stock Market Living In? And You?

Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part LX You really need to follow the bouncing ball in this time of crisis. Looking at the way stocks are...

If You Had a Million Dollars

If you had a million dollars, would you let a robot do the investing for you? You probably wouldn’t. But that’s the direction companies are...

Why Is This Professor so Terrified of Low Cost Online University?

Michael D. Smith, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, shares in The Atlantic, why he is both afraid and invigorated by America's recent experiment...

Blue State Governors Punish Working Class with Severe Lockdowns

Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part LIX Severe lockdowns in blue states are driving unemployment to Depression Era levels, and devastating the finances of working-class residents....

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Oil Falls Amid Peace Deal Rumors

UPDATE: Iran has reportedly rejected the peace deal. Oil prices...

Ben Graham: Margin of Safety

In 2001, I wrote about Ben Graham and his...

Oil Thefts Surge in the Permian Basin

Fuel thefts are up across the Permian Basin in...

Coke Production Plummets: US Steel Industry Shifts to Electric Arc Furnaces

In 2025, the United States produced 10 million short...

Amazon Rural Delivery: The Speed of Progress

Your Survival Guy can’t help but order from Amazon...

Precious Metals Volatile Amid Global Upheaval

Gold and silver prices are volatile amid rising geopolitical...

Island Hopping: A Campaign for Iran’s Islands

Analysts believe that the United States is preparing to...

TotalEnergies Backs Out of US Offshore Wind Projects

TotalEnergies will give up its North Carolina and New...

LEDs Take Over US Homes: 90% Adoption in 2024

In 2024, 90% of US households used LED bulbs,...

Choke Point: Strait of Hormuz Strangled by War

According to various estimates, the Strait of Hormuz is...