Monthly Archives: January, 2025

Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol and Cancer Causes Market Shakeup

Ciara Linnane of MarketWatch reports that stocks of alcohol companies fell Friday after the U.S. Surgeon General's advisory linked alcohol to cancer risk. Dr....

Nuclear Sector Gains as Constellation Energy Secures Deal

Kit Norton of Investor Business Daily reports that Constellation Energy (CEG) saw its stock rise after securing a 10-year, $840 million contract with the...

U.S. New-Car Sales Rise to Five-Year High

Nora Eckert of Reuters reports that U.S. new-car sales in 2024 continued to recover from pandemic lows, driven by replenished inventories and higher incentives....

Survive and Thrive December 2024: Boom or Bust: “What Do You Think of Bitcoin?

Dear Survivor, If you’ve been breathing, then you’ve heard about bitcoin. Your Survival Guy is asked all the time, “What do you think of bitcoin?”...

Reshoring Surge Highlights Critical Worker Shortage in U.S. Factories

Paul Berger of The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. manufacturers, like Craig Jones’s company, are facing a critical shortage of skilled workers as...

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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...