Monthly Archives: November, 2020

A Small Victory for Free Markets

Late yesterday, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced the unprecedented amount of central bank intervention in private credit markets would end on December 31st. The...

Apple Bows to Regulatory Pressure to Cut Services Business Fees

Apple is cutting fees at its app store in half for most developers. Developers who produce up to $1 million in revenue from their...

Why Your Retirement Survival is No Easy Task

You know how I feel about keeping what you’ve made and perhaps working a side hustle. You Owe it to Yourself to Continue Doing...

An Ugly and Unusual Year for Most Successful Hedge Fund Managers

As we wrote in this month’s letter to our investment counsel clients, it’s been an unusual year. Renaissance Technologies and Two Sigma Advisers, two successful...

How Can You Make Money in Your Sleep? Read on…

"Are you calling to tell me you bought a Treasury yielding five percent?" my client asked. "I wish," I responded. "I remember when they were yielding...

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

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

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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...

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...