Monthly Archives: February, 2026

Trump Targets Rising Utility Bills with Tech Industry Pledge

Bloomberg reports that President Trump will meet executives from Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, xAI, Oracle, and OpenAI on March 4 to sign nonbinding pledges...

“Commercial Bonanza”: Iran’s Pitch to US Firms Amid Sanctions Talks

Iran is proposing a large-scale investment opportunity for US companies in its oil, gas, mining, and energy sectors, seeking to entice Washington with potential...

Capitalism: A Win-Win-Win Game

In an interview with the Cato Institute, Whole Foods cofounder John Mackey describes business as a "win-win-win game," rather than the zero-sum game that...

New 2025 Pipelines Support Growing LNG Demand in South Central US

In 2025, the US added 6.3 Bcf/d of natural gas pipeline capacity, with 85% directed to the South Central region to meet growing Gulf...

Trump Declares America Enters a “Golden Age” in State of the Union

President Donald J. Trump delivered his 2026 State of the Union address, portraying the nation as entering a “Golden Age” of affordability and resurgence...

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What’s Happening in France could Happen Here

You may have read that France is facing a...

Why Diesel Prices Have Surged Across the U.S.

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

Is China’s Economy Addicted to Real Estate?

In The Wall Street Journal, Nathaniel Taplin explains the...

The Payday Indicator

Alert! My Payday Indicator is signaling the worst environment...

Why Isn’t the Oil Price Coming Down?

President Trump and his administration have been touting a...

Junk Bond Yields

What do junk bonds yield today? The table below...

A Simple Recipe for Beating the Market 3 to 1

Over more than eight decades of stock market history,...

The Truth Behind the S&P 500

Let’s get a few things straight about the S&P...

Does Private Equity Race for the Exit Spell Trouble?

Stephen Gandel, writing for Bloomberg, explains that private equity...