Monthly Archives: February, 2024

India Ramps Up Coal Usage

In the next six years, India will add as much additional coal demand as the entire nation of Germany. Clyde Russell of Reuters reports: BAMBOLIN,...

DIVIDENDS: “Do or Do Not. There is No Try”

Ahhhh, cash, money, green. Sounds so nice. More money, less work. We all want it, and we all say we need it, but when...

Global Shipping Lines Extend Vessel Sharing Agreement as Earnings Slide

Dominic Chopping of The Wall Street Journal reports that global shipping lines extended their vessel-sharing agreements as carrier earnings slide. He writes: Four Asian and...

OPEC+ Considers Extending Voluntary Production Cuts into Second Quarter

William Watts of MarketWatch reports oil prices pulled back after industry data showed a large rise in U.S. crude stocks. Watts writes: William Watts Oil...

DIVIDENDS: The Highest Yield Isn’t Always Best

Dividend yield is important, but sometimes, a high yield can be a warning. In the past fifty years, stocks with yields in the eighth...

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The Strait of Hormuz: Oil’s Global Chokepoint

The Strait of Hormuz remains a vital chokepoint for...

US Wine Industry Faces Multi-Year Demand Correction

The Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) State of the U.S....

Vanguard Wellesley (VWINX) vs. Wellington (VWELX): Which Fund is Best?

The Vanguard Wellesley (VWINX) and Wellington (VWELX) funds are both...

Communism Ruined Venezuela’s Productivity

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reports that...

There’s Nothing Wrong with Making Money Slowly (Part 13)

“If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me,” is one...

Junk Bond Yields

What do junk bonds yield today? The table below...

When You Read Rich Man, Poor Man by Richard Russell

When you read Rich Man, Poor Man by Richard...

Big Corporations Making Big Investments

Big companies in many sectors are making big investments...

“Commercial Bonanza”: Iran’s Pitch to US Firms Amid Sanctions Talks

Iran is proposing a large-scale investment opportunity for US...

Stocks with the Highest Prospective Returns

For decades, I have advised my monthly strategy report...