Monthly Archives: January, 2025

What’s Up with Fidelity?

If you’re a Fidelity customer and have a money market as your default sweep or your cash, then pay attention. Soon, the new default...

Union Pacific Sees 7% Profit Boost in Q4 Amid Lower Fuel Costs

Owen Tucker-Smith of The Wall Street Journal reports that Union Pacific's Q4 net income rose 7% to $1.76 billion, benefiting from lower fuel costs...

Could Gas Prices Surge as Demand Outstrips Supply?

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that U.S. natural gas prices are expected to rise in 2025 and 2026 due to higher demand, particularly...

January RAGE Gauge: Trump, Fidelity, and Your Money

OK, Your Survival Guy’s January RAGE Gauge is in, and it’s not pretty. What did you expect me to say? It’s beautiful. Really great....

Oil Giants Shift to Power Generation

Jinjoo Lee of The Wall Street Journal reports that Exxon and Chevron are expanding into natural-gas power with carbon capture to meet growing data...

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US Shifts to Low-Profile Strategy to Secure Strait of Hormuz Shipping

A Bloomberg report says the United States is quietly...

Why the US Economy Is Less Vulnerable to Oil Shocks Today

A Federal Reserve Bank of Boston paper, "Reassessing the...

Developer Plans to Turn Infamous Pennhurst Asylum Into AI Data Center

Real estate developer Derek Strine plans to transform the...

US Secures LNG Export Deals Worth $200 Billion

The DOE reports that Secretaries Doug Burgum and Chris...

You Know Diversification’s Best Friend Is Patience

You know about diversification. How about its best friend,...

US Refiners Boost Jet Fuel Output Amid Global Price Spike

An EIA report, "US Jet Fuel Market Response to...

Who Swoops in When There’s Blood in the Streets?

Your Survival Guy can’t stop thinking about the recent...

China, Mexico, and the Rewiring of US Supply Chains

A paper by the Board of Governors of the...

Does Your Lazy Cash Need a Summer Job?

When you look at today’s U.S. Treasury bill (T-bill)...

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

My father-in law Dick Young wrote this timeless issue...