Monthly Archives: July, 2020

Gold’s 50-Year Price Explosion

Part I I was there from the start.  In early August 1971, I had just joined internationally focused research and trading firm Model Roland &...

Is There No Escape from Big Labor?

Despite the perfectly clear decision made by the Supreme Court in Janus vs. AFSCME, unions are still trying to extract dues payments from unwilling...

Dotcom Crash Era Patterns Threaten Stock Market Today

James Mackintosh warns in The Wall Street Journal that patterns that preceded the Dotcom crash are once again taking hold of the stock market....

Who’s Got Your Back in Times Like These?

Sometimes the most dangerous risk to your portfolio is you—because one of the more difficult actions an investor faces is when to sell a...

Do You Know any Insanely Stupid “Investors?”

At Bloomberg, Sarah Ponczek and Michael P. Regan report on the comments of Rob Arnott, who calls "buying bubble assets" an "insanely stupid" thing...

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Start Thinking About Disaster Preparedness Now

When you start thinking about disaster preparedness, one common...

Trump Sparks $5 Trillion Investment Surge in First 100 Days

In his first 100 days of a new term,...

Top 10 U.S. Cities Where Home Prices Are Dropping Fastest

Andrew Shilling of MarketWatch reports that despite U.S. home...

Spain Blames Generation Loss for Worst Blackout in Years

Rodrigo Orihuela, Joao Lima, and Thomas Gualtieri of Bloomberg report that a...

Got Water?

When the you-know-what hits the fan, water is the...

US Job Openings Hold Steady at 7.2 Million in March

In March, US job openings remained steady at 7.2...

Wright Urges Central Europe to Choose Energy Freedom Over Climate Mandates

The US Department of Energy reports that at the...

Ukraine and U.S. Set to Finalize Landmark Minerals Agreement

Tim Zadorozhnyy of The Kyiv Independent reports that Ukraine...

Gasoline Leads Drop in U.S. Fuel Imports

In 2024, US petroleum product imports fell by 210,000...

Storage Dips After Harsh Winter

The 2024–25 winter saw colder-than-normal temperatures in January and...