Monthly Archives: March, 2022

War Uncertainty Plagues Middle East with Threat of Famine

Ukraine is the breadbasket of Europe and the surrounding regions of the Middle East and North Africa. Without grain supplies from Ukraine and nearby...

IT HURTS: Americans Can Now FEEL the Inflation

You know that measurements of inflation have been creeping up for months, higher and higher. But now you can probably can "feel" inflation, as...

Record Orders for E-Bikes in Response to Surging Oil Prices

As oil prices have surged, Americans are turning to electric bikes to fill their transportation needs without relying on petroleum fuels. Bloomberg's Ira Boudway...

Tom Brady Is Proof You Shouldn’t Retire if You Still Love Your Work

You know that Your Survival Guy thinks you should keep working if you still can. For most Americans, the years just before retirement are...

Americans Find the Limit of Their Patience With Price Increases

A mixture of stimulus checks and changes in buyer behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a massive increase in consumer spending. Now, with...

Popular

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

Compound interest was described as the greatest mathematical discovery...

Cheapest Memorial Day Fill-Up Since 2003: What’s Fueling the Drop?

As of May 19, 2025, U.S. retail gasoline prices...

“One, Big, Beautiful Bill” Advances: Tax Cuts, Energy, and Border Security in Focus

The White House reports that President Trump’s landmark "One,...

Metallurgical Coal Declared a Critical Material for American Steel Production

The U.S. Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, announced metallurgical...

MicroLED Tech Could Fuel Energy-Efficient Data Centers

Rachel Berkowitz of IEEE Spectrum reports that TSMC has...

Graduating from Work to Retirement #10: “Someday I Will”

When you graduate from school into the real world,...

Feds Halt Planned Plant Shutdown to Protect Grid Reliability

US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued an emergency...

BYD Sparks New EV Price War in China

BYD has reignited China’s electric vehicle price war by...

Nuclear Power Gets Green Light in Sweden Despite Political Divide

Sweden's parliament has approved funding legislation for new nuclear...

The Vanguard Wellesley Way

Vanguard Wellesley is a fund we have long admired...