Monthly Archives: July, 2025

U.S. Median Weekly Earnings Rise in Q2 2025, Outpacing Inflation

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in the second quarter of 2025, median weekly earnings for the U.S.’s 121.5 million full-time wage...

Extracting Critical Minerals from Desalination Brine

Important technologies like EV batteries, smartphones, and solar panels depend on critical minerals such as lithium and magnesium—most of which the U.S. imports, often...

DOE Cancels $4.9B Loan for Grain Belt Express

The Department of Energy has canceled its conditional $4.9 billion loan guarantee for the Grain Belt Express Phase 1, a planned high-voltage transmission line...

Eighty-One Years After Bretton Woods

From Spencer Jakab of the WSJ: “On this day in 1944, the Bretton Woods Agreement was signed in New Hampshire, pegging major foreign currencies to...

U.S. Becomes Net Crude Oil Exporter to Nigeria for the First Time

For the first time, the United States exported more crude oil to Nigeria than it imported from the country in February and March 2025....

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Why Diesel Prices Have Surged Across the U.S.

U.S. diesel prices have risen sharply due to high...

Strong Diesel Demand Drives U.S. Refinery Activity to Record Highs

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S....

FINALLY: Auto Parts Shortages Subside, Deliveries Accelerate

After enduring years of parts shortages, Japanese automobile manufacturers...

US Ethane Production and Exports Reach Record Levels in 2024

In 2024, US ethane production, consumption, and exports reached...

Up 5,000% in 10 Years

Do you dream of buying shares of the next...

Top Gold Mining Stocks for Long-term Profit

Although the stock market is basically flat YTD, there...

Wisdom from The Intelligent Investor

Wisdom from Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor, first published...

What’s Behind the Bull Run in Emerging Market Stocks?

Emerging market stocks have had a solid bull run...

Cities Turn Red States Blue in Geographical Rebuke

Big blob cities turned red states blue in yesterday’s...

Don’t Miss This Opportunity

Long-term interest rates are at their lowest level in...