Monthly Archives: December, 2024

The Mysterious ALS Cluster in the French Alps: Is It Linked to Toxic Mushrooms?

Terence Monmaney of Popular Science reports that in Montchavin, a small French Alps village, a troubling cluster of 14 ALS cases was discovered, raising...

Made in America: Walmart’s Effort to Bring Back Domestic Apparel Manufacturing

Suzanne Kapner of The Wall Street Journal reports by automating production and leveraging Walmart’s commitment to large orders, American Giant was able to sell...

Natural Gas Soars as U.S. and Europe Brace for Cold Weather

Joseph Adinolfi of MarketWatch reports that natural gas prices jumped on Monday due to cold weather forecasts in the U.S. and Europe, and the...

Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report and Your Margin of Safety

Merry post-Christmas. I hope you enjoyed a relaxing couple of days with your loved ones. If we have one “economic” takeaway from this holiday...

Trump Suggests Taking Control of the Panama Canal

Santiago Pérez, José de Córdoba, and Alex Leary of The Wall Street Journal report that President-elect Donald Trump has provoked some backlash by calling...

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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...