Monthly Archives: November, 2020

Why Your Next Diamond Might Be Grown in a Lab

In The New York Times, Victoria Gomelsky reports on how the closure of the Argyle Mine in Western Australia will change the way the...

This Rivals the Dotcom Mania

The most famous book on the history of financial bubbles was written by Charles Kindleberger. He called it, Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History...

How to Hire Investment Counsel: This is the Way

Real quick. You’re interested in hiring a financial advisor—one who’s held to a fiduciary standard by law, not some silly suitability one. You know...

Will Work PCs Become a Thing of the Past?

ComputerWorld's Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols outlines the future of PCs as he sees it, writing: Ready or not, here comes Windows as a Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) for...

Be a Shepherd. You’ll Be Happier. Greed Kills

I was talking with a client yesterday. He emailed me earlier in the afternoon. The subject line read “New Customer.” His neighbor recently retired. She...

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

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

HELP: I’m Caught in the Tariff Crossfire, Part 2

As I wrote to you three months ago, Your...

America’s Hidden Treasure: USGS Map Reveals Seabed Mineral Wealth

The U.S. Geological Survey Global Seabed Mineral Resources report...

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

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

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

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

Rebuilding Together: U.S.-Ukraine Forge Economic Future

In a White House press release, they report that...

Energy Dominance: DOE Outlines FY2026 Budget Under Trump Directive

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright testified before Congress...

Amazon Unleashes Vulcan: A Robot That Feels

Amazon has introduced Vulcan, its first robot equipped with...

Trump Administration Pauses Fossil Fuel Limits on Federal Buildings

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

Got Cash?

When the lights go out, like they did last...