Monthly Archives: February, 2025

“I’ve Been Doing This Since 1971,” He Said

The first time I read The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham, was in 1997 while working at Fidelity Investments. The book was a Christmas gift...

What Could a Mineral Deal Mean for the U.S. and Ukraine?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is traveling to the United States today to sign a deal on mineral development in Ukraine with President Donald Trump....

Fusion Power Plant to Be Built in Washington with Microsoft

Helion Energy is preparing to build the world's first fusion power plant in Malanga, Washington. The planned 50-megawatt plant will initially supply power to...

The Prudent Man or the Robot?

I think you know where Your Survival Guy stands, but that doesn’t mean I don’t read plenty about AI and bots taking over the...

Amazon’s New Ocelot Chip Cuts Quantum Computing Costs by 90%

Fernando Brandão and Oskar Painter of Amazon Science report that AWS has introduced Ocelot, a quantum computing chip that cuts error correction costs by up...

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You’re the Multimillionaire Next Door for a Reason

You’re the multimillionaire next door for a reason: you...

Washington Expands Its Role in America’s Nuclear Revival

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies report, From Regulator...

Netherlands Moves 86 Tons of Gold From U.S. and Canada

The Dutch central bank, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), moved...

“What Do You Think of the Bond Market?”

“What do you think of the bond market right...

China’s Giant Tibet Dam Highlights Growing Risks in the Himalayas

China began construction on July 19, 2025, on a...

250 Years of Power: America’s Energy Transformation

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) traces the evolution...

The Fuel of Life Is Expensive

In the United States, the vast majority of passenger...

Rebuilding U.S. Auto Manufacturing

Ford is moving production of Lincoln models from China...

Extracting Critical Minerals from Desalination Brine

Important technologies like EV batteries, smartphones, and solar panels...

11-Month AI Spending Spree: Anthropic Locks In $517 Billion

Anthropic has committed to roughly $517 billion in compute...