Monthly Archives: September, 2024

Is Your Lazy Cash Working for You?

Is your lazy cash working for you, or is it sitting on your couch? Because taking action and beating inertia is no easy task....

Ticking Time Bombs – EVs Exploding in Florida After Hurricane

Josh Funk of the Associated Press write officials warn that EVs could catch fire if inundated with saltwater from Hurricane Helene. Electric vehicles can catch...

America Requires Billions of Gallons of Water to Mine Lithium

Reporters from the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism report on the potential threat to water supplies from the push to mine American lithium. They...

U.S. Manufacturing Shows Signs of Supply-Chain Shift

Liz Young of The Wall Street Journal reports that Ferrara Manufacturing’s growing customer list signals that apparel brands are interested in moving production back...

What the Fed Rate Cut Means to You Part: VI

Now that the Fed has begun its rate cut crusade, you don’t want to wake up sometime down the road and realize you have...

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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...

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...

Junk Bond Yields

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

Consumers Forecasting Recession

In the almost 60 year history of the Michigan consumer sentiment survey, every time the index dropped below 60 as it did in August, the economy was in recession.

Moving the Goal Posts

The Federal Reserve met yesterday and Chair Yellen held...

Simple is Sophisticated: My Grandchildren’s “Rich as Croesus” Strategy Part II

Scene from Greek history: The deaf-mute son of King...