Monthly Archives: June, 2025

LNG Prices Surge as Asia Weighs Middle East Supply Risks

Asia’s top LNG importers are reassessing Middle East supply routes after U.S. strikes on Iran raised security concerns in the Strait of Hormuz, according...

A New Data Highway for Supercomputers and AI Models

Rachel Berkowitz of IEEE Spectrum reports that Cornelis Networks has introduced the CN500 networking fabric, a new architecture designed to optimize AI and supercomputing...

How Was the Trip?

In my conversations with you, I love to hear about how you’re livin’. In a recent email exchange, you wrote, “I hope your summer...

Trade Imbalance Widens as U.S. Goods Imports Soar

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that in Q1 2025, the U.S. current-account deficit rose by $138.2 billion (44.3%) to $450.2 billion, or 6.0%...

Oil Shock? Not So Much

Iran's parliament has voted unanimously to close the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point in the Persian Gulf through which more than a quarter...

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There’s Nothing Wrong with Making Money Slowly (Part 3)

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US Household Debt Rises to $18.8 Trillion in Q4 2025

US household debt continued to grow in the fourth...

US Payrolls Rise 130,000 in January, Beating Expectations

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that nonfarm...

Could U.S. Gas Prices Fall 3% in 2025?

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts a decrease...

There’s Nothing Wrong with Making Money Slowly (Part 2)

There’s nothing wrong with making money slowly, because when...

Many States to Increase Fuel Taxes in 2026

The US Energy Information Administration reports that many states...

Vanguard Wellington (VWELX): The Original Balanced Fund

The Vanguard Wellington Fund (VWELX) is the original balanced...

There’s Nothing Wrong with Making Money Slowly (Part 5)

You know, there’s nothing wrong with making money slowly....

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

The principles written about here are as true today...

Think Your ETF Portfolio is Diversified?

If you are buying ETFs because you hope to...