Monthly Archives: June, 2025

Gold Gains as Fed Uncertainty Weighs on Dollar

Reuters reports that gold rose 0.5% on Thursday to $3,347.39 as the U.S. dollar weakened amid concerns over the Federal Reserve’s independence and ahead...

Greener Gold: Scientists Unveil Safer Extraction Method

Mrigakshi Dixit of Interesting Engineering reports that Scientists at Flinders University have developed a safer, eco-friendly method to extract high-purity gold from ore, electronic...

The Lay of the Land: Who Can You Trust?

In times like these, it’s good to get your bearings. But sometimes there’s too much going on to do so. It’s why in my...

Data Centers Could Dominate U.S. Commercial Power Use by 2050

The US Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy Outlook 2025 projects that electricity use for commercial computing—especially in data centers—will grow faster than any other...

UBS Predicts Robot Boom: 300 Million Humanoids by 2050

A new UBS report, led by China-based analysts and backed by over 30 contributors, forecasts that 2 million humanoid robots will be deployed within...

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Are You Doing What’s Right for Your Situation?

In times like these, it’s hard to know if...

Is the Old Retirement Model Broken?

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

The Juice Has Been Squeezed

Keeping rates higher for longer would be the right...

CRB Spot Index Hits All-Time High

Is it deflation that we should be worried about?...

Economic Mirages

Yesterday the markets were looking for the Durable Goods...

Tiny Bubbles

Originally posted January 21, 2014. Imagine outgoing Chairman Ben Bernanke...

Is Now the Time to Buy Apple Shares?

Last year around this time, Apple was viewed by...

A Windfall in the Bond Market

After hiking interest rates for the first time in...

Apple’s Services Bigger than Starbucks

Only a 13% slice of Apple's sales are generated...

Is Your City Prepared for the Storm?

Boston is preparing for the Great Flood. After watching...