Monthly Archives: October, 2023

Spooky Prices for Halloween Candy

Joseph De Avila and Joseph Pisani of The Wall Street Journal report that prices for candy and gum jumped 7.5% in September, compared with the same...

If You’re Overexposed to Stocks, Then Look Here

If you’re overexposed to the stock market, it’s been a long time since risk-free Treasury bills offered yields like these. Yields you can sink...

Eurozone on Brink of Recession? ECB Halts Record Rate Run Increase

Tom Fairless and William Boston of The Wall Street Journal report the record run on rate increases by the European Central Bank has ended...

Global Shipping Demand Disappoints

Will Feuer of The Wall Street Journal tells readers how the new contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and a slowdown in global...

Investing Habits of the Fairly Wealthy: #6 Armadillo

When I was a kid, we took a lot of trips to Disney World, and when we were there, we stayed at Fort Wilderness....

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The Next Fed Chairman?

In a discussion with reporters on Air Force One,...

EU Sanctions and Refinery Outages Push Diesel Prices Up

The US Energy Information Administration reports that global diesel...

VA Approves New Rate Class for Large Electricity Users, Including Data Centers

The State Corporation Commission has approved a new electricity...

DOE Launches $134 Million Push to Build US Rare Earth Supply Chain

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Minerals...

The Macro Impact of the Data Center Investment Boom

Data center construction and high-tech investments, particularly in the...

Does Your Stock Portfolio Look Like Rudolph Taking Flight?

Happy Monday. Want to get away? Hang in there....

Extreme Weather Hammers U.S. Grid Reliability

The US Energy Information Administration reports that in 2024,...

The Genesis Mission Unites Supercomputers and AI to Drive Next-Gen Science

President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order launching...

Poland Cuts Rates Again

Poland’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by...