Monthly Archives: December, 2024

Tech Giants Explore Nuclear Energy

Barbara Kollmeyer of MarketWatch reports that AI’s rising energy needs have pushed the world's tech giants to explore nuclear power. Kollmeyer writes: If there’s one...

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Caution: Main Street Investors Holding the Bag

As Your Survival Guy wrote to you about bitcoin, you need to follow the money. When you see companies like BlackRock offering ETFs in...

Get Rich Quick? Fixed-Rate Deferred Annuities

You may have heard about fixed-rate deferred annuities. Don’t think they’re a “get rich quick” investment unless, of course, you’re the one selling it...

U.S. Investigates Chinese Manufacturer Avoiding Tariffs with Secret Warehouse

Inti Pacheco of The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. Customs uncovered a suspected scheme by China’s Qingdao Haiyan Group to evade tariffs by mislabeling...

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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...

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...

Is China’s Economy Addicted to Real Estate?

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

Cyprus Depositors Get Robbed

By now you have probably heard that depositors with...

The $18 billion Name

Here’s a head-scratcher. Google announced on Monday that it...

Is the Old Retirement Model Broken?

In an interview with Fidelity Viewpoints, Stanford Center for...

Is This the Best Gift You Can Get Your Kids or Grandkids?

With Christmas nearly here, many parents and grandparents are...