Monthly Archives: August, 2024

EV Drivers Could Soon Get ‘The Soup Nazi’ Treatment

Peter Valdes-Dapena of CNN reports that EV drivers may get cut off from chargers or face additional charges. The EV charging experience is slowly...

California’s Electric Problem Should Be a Lesson for Everyone

Phred Dvorak of The Wall Street Journal reports that Californians are footing the bill for the green-energy transition, and it is breaking household budgets,...

Set Sail with Stocks

Your Survival Guy likes the case for stocks, especially dividend payers, as part of a balanced portfolio with bonds. The sea can get rough...

Natural Gas Revived on Green-Energy Belly Flop

Carol Ryan of The Wall Street Journal reports that European energy giants Shell and BP are sticking to their core business as clean-energy investments make...

Tired of Tipping?

As you know from here, knowing when and how much to tip is serious business in Paris. If it were up to Your Survival...

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What’s Happening in France could Happen Here

You may have read that France is facing a...

Why Diesel Prices Have Surged Across the U.S.

U.S. diesel prices have risen sharply due to high...

Junk Bond Yields

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

Is China’s Economy Addicted to Real Estate?

In The Wall Street Journal, Nathaniel Taplin explains the...

The Payday Indicator

Alert! My Payday Indicator is signaling the worst environment...

Why Isn’t the Oil Price Coming Down?

President Trump and his administration have been touting a...

Bullish for Main Street, Bearish for Wall Street

Lots of new data on labor market came out...

The Economy’s Weak Link

One of the reasons this business cycle recovery has...

Navigating a Hostile Market

Despite the correction in stock prices over the summer...

Never Run Out of Gas Again with a Connected Car

ExxonMobil is teaming up with Ford to add ExxonMobil's...