Monthly Archives: May, 2026

Who Swoops in When There’s Blood in the Streets?

Your Survival Guy can’t stop thinking about the recent opinion piece by former President of Fidelity Investments, Robert Pozen. In it, he recommends a...

EIA Forecasts Record Summer Natural Gas Use by 2027

The US Energy Information Administration forecasts natural gas demand from the electric power sector will remain near record highs this summer and reach a...

BEA Reports Modest Acceleration in US GDP Growth for Early 2026

The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that real GDP grew at an annual rate of 1.6% in the first quarter of 2026,...

Unit Labor Costs Fall as Productivity Climbs in 2025 Trade Data

US labor productivity in both wholesale and retail trade increased in 2025, reflecting stronger output and improved efficiency across much of the sector, reports...

Materials Inflation Adds New Pressure to Housing Market

Rising US housing costs are being driven not only by higher mortgage rates but also by surging construction input prices, including copper, lumber, fuel,...

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Why Diesel Prices Have Surged Across the U.S.

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

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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...

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...

Cities Turn Red States Blue in Geographical Rebuke

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

Inflation Threatens Long Bond Yield

Should savers and retired investors take the Fed’s bait and invest in long bonds? Not when you have a Fed chairman with a money-printing habit and prominent economists such as Ken Rogoff, the former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, calling for a “sustained burst of moderate inflation, say, 4–6% for several years.”