Monthly Archives: November, 2020

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...

The Swedish Firm that Could Turn Amazon into an Also-ran

As we all know, Amazon dominates online commerce. Wal-mart is a strong, but distant number two. The pandemic exacerbated those trends, but it may...

Lumber Prices Soar

Normally in late autumn lumber prices are falling like the leaves, but it's 2020, and lumber price activity is just as crazy as everything...

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DOE Names New Science Advisory Committee to Strengthen Gold Standard Science

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has named the...

The Declining Dollar?

There has been a lot of discussion in the...

There’s Nothing Wrong with Making Money Slowly (Part 2)

There’s nothing wrong with making money slowly, because when...

There’s Nothing Wrong with Making Money Slowly (Part 3)

OK, so you know Your Survival Guy believes there’s...

There’s Nothing Wrong with Making Money Slowly (Part 5)

You know, there’s nothing wrong with making money slowly....

U.S. Inflation Slows Slightly, Annual CPI Up 2.4%

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in...

US Nuclear Fleet Records Reduced Outages at Start of 2026

US Energy Information Administration reports that between January 1...

“Happy I Found Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report”

“Happy I found Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report all...

EV Sales Decline in 2025 as Hybrids Gain Market Share

The US Energy Information Administration reports that while sales...

US Household Debt Rises to $18.8 Trillion in Q4 2025

US household debt continued to grow in the fourth...