Monthly Archives: October, 2026

Happy Friday from Paris: Set Adventure Mode to “On”

Are you taking the trips, and making the time to spend with your family? You have worked your whole life, and now is the...

USDA Announces Record $3.3 Billion Loan for Georgia Power Plant

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a historic $3.3 billion loan to Oglethorpe Power Corporation to finance its Smarr Combined-Cycle electric generating facility...

U.S. Small-Scale Solar Generation Has Nearly Quintupled in the Last Decade

U.S. small-scale or rooftop solar generation (systems with less than 1 megawatt of capacity) rose sharply over the past decade, from 18,812 GWh to...

Three U.S. Grids Break Peak Load Records

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that three major U.S. regional power grids—PJM, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), and the Southwest...

URGENT: Silent Spyware Attacks Prompt Apple Update

The Financial Times reports that researchers from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and cybersecurity firm Confiant uncovered a zero-click spyware technique called AdFection,...

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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...

Consumers Forecasting Recession

In the almost 60 year history of the Michigan consumer sentiment survey, every time the index dropped below 60 as it did in August, the economy was in recession.

Moving the Goal Posts

The Federal Reserve met yesterday and Chair Yellen held...