Monthly Archives: January, 2025

Wealthy Men Love These $1,000 Pants That Feel ‘Like Pajamas’

Nice to see my friend Will Arvanites of Marc Allen Fine Clothiers quoted in The WSJ: In recent years, however, moneyed men are pouncing on...

OpenAI Unveils Operator: The Web-Tasking AI

OpenAI launched Operator, an AI that performs web tasks like ordering groceries. Currently in a research preview for U.S. Pro users, it uses GPT-4’s...

DeepSeek Surge Prompts ChatGPT Gov Release

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Gov, a version of ChatGPT for U.S. government agencies, available through Microsoft Azure. The release follows competition from DeepSeek, a Chinese...

“Stocks Always Go Up Over Time” Maybe Not

When markets are volatile, the refrain “stocks always go up over time” may not apply to your schedule, to your retirement life. Because when you’re...

The Rise of Global Electricity Demand: Key Drivers Explained

Global electricity demand is set to rise, driven by electric vehicles, heat pumps, air conditioning, and data centers, as highlighted in The Oxford Institute...

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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...

A Simple Recipe for Beating the Market 3 to 1

Over more than eight decades of stock market history,...

The Truth Behind the S&P 500

Let’s get a few things straight about the S&P...

Does Private Equity Race for the Exit Spell Trouble?

Stephen Gandel, writing for Bloomberg, explains that private equity...