Monthly Archives: April, 2023

“I’m Having Major Surgery Tomorrow,” He Said

Life comes at you fast. One minute you’re living your retirement life. The next, you need major surgery. “I’m having major surgery tomorrow,” a...

Interest Rates Weighing on Banks’ Balance Sheets

When it comes to your investment portfolio, I don’t want it stuck in a bank. They lend your cash for a song and pay...

Life Insurance Sours on Commercial Real Estate

Commercial real estate owners are finding it harder to get loans from life insurance companies as the insurers turn their backs on lending to...

Why You Miss Richard C. Young’s Monster Master List

Happy Monday. Is your advisor a bank? If so, is it lending out your money for a song and paying you peanuts? Fidelity is...

Sega Sammy Offers $776M for Rovio

The company that gave you Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega Sammy, has made a $776 million bid for Rovio, the company best known for its...

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State Taxes: Time to Flee?

Your Survival Guy just received the latest State Tax...

MIT Develops Soft Robot Muscle with Coordinated Flexing

Jennifer Chu at MIT News reports that MIT engineers...

What Do You Want from Life, Lazy Cash?

You know what needs to be done. Why, then,...

The $200 Cup of Joe

In my conversations with you, we talk about what...

BIDEN’S AMERICA: Foreign Investment Fell to $151 Billion in 2024

Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that in 2024, Joe...

GAO Report: Five Agencies Hold 98% of IIJA Grant Funds

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated $711.8...

US Plans More Tanker Seizures to Pressure Maduro Regime

The US seizure of a tanker carrying $80 million...

EIA Forecasts First Decline in Crude Production Since 2021

The latest US Short-Term Energy Outlook projects crude oil...

Your Fairly Rich Children and Grandchildren

You are to be congratulated. Because living in the...

AWS’s New Data Center Strategy

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is transitioning its data center...