Yearly Archives: 2026

Peso, Bonds Fall After Trump Threats Toward Colombia

Colombian markets slid as tensions escalated between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro following the US-led ouster of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. The...

EPRINC Report: Can Venezuela Restore Its Lost Oil Production?

The September 2021 EPRINC report, “The Future of Venezuela’s Oil Industry,” analyzes Venezuela’s historically dominant oil sector, emphasizing its enormous resource base and key...

Murder Rate Drops the Most Ever

You have watched all year as the Trump administration has surged resources to America's most crime-ridden cities and worked hard to deport criminals. Now...

Consumer Channels: From Four to Infinite

I remember when, as a boy, my family got its first large outdoor antenna for our home. My father pounded a piece of metal...

Arkansas Forestry Shows Resilience Amid Timber Price Declines

The Pine Bluff Commercial reports that Arkansas’s forestry sector remains resilient in 2025 despite lower timber prices, continuing to play a major role in...

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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...

Junk Bond Yields

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

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...

Bullish for Main Street, Bearish for Wall Street

Lots of new data on labor market came out...

The Economy’s Weak Link

One of the reasons this business cycle recovery has...

Navigating a Hostile Market

Despite the correction in stock prices over the summer...

Never Run Out of Gas Again with a Connected Car

ExxonMobil is teaming up with Ford to add ExxonMobil's...