Yearly Archives: 2026

Walking on the Moon with Your Survival Guy

OK, Your Survival Guy wasn’t in sunny Key West this holiday season, but there was sand. That would be the sand from the snowplows...

Oil, Isolation, and Anxiety: Why Cuba’s Regime Looks More Vulnerable Than Ever

Cuban-Americans in Miami, long accustomed to toasting a distant hope of returning to a free Cuba, are newly energized by the US capture of...

AI-Powered Jortty Steps In as ‘911 for the Internet’

Jortty, Inc. has launched an AI-powered tech concierge to help users—especially older Americans—detect scams and get 24/7 tech support. The platform offers email and...

Loose Wire on Containership Led to Fatal Key Bridge Collapse

The NTSB reported that a single loose wire on the 984-foot containership Dali caused an electrical blackout, leading the vessel to lose propulsion and...

Education, Health, and Hospitality Lead U.S. Hiring Growth

Hiring at U.S. companies picked up modestly in December, with private-sector payrolls rising by 41,000, according to ADP Research. Gains were led by education,...

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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...