The Race for the World’s Lithium
With demand for lithium ion batteries for cars, phones, grid storage and more growing each day, there is a race on to secure the...
How Many “Retirees” Will Keep Working?
The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) reports that 79% of workers expect to keep working to supplement their retirement incomes. That's a plan for...
Scientists Could Soon Make a Breakthrough in Battery Tech
The Wall Street Journal's Chistopher Mims writes that scientist working on enhancing battery technology could make a breakthrough that would increase capacity by double...
Is Amazon Holding Down Retail Prices?
After years of encouragement by the Federal Reserve, inflation is finally ticking up in America. Now, if you believe your dollars ought to be...
Can Tesla Deliver on its Model 3 Promises?
Tesla is burning money fast, but the company is having trouble meeting its goals for production of Model 3 sedans. Tim Higgins and Susan...
Ready to Pay Your Bitcoin Taxes?
After raking in some profits on bitcoin (if they were lucky enough to find a greater fool) investors are now being targeted by the...
Clicks-to-Bricks: Online Retailers Move into Prime Real Estate
While major brick and mortar chains like Walmart and Target are doing everything they can to boost their online sales, and Amazon.com is jumping...
My Take: Inflation is Here, Now What do You Do?
Originally published February 15, 2018.
Surprise! When there’s too much money created by central banks, inflation is the obvious byproduct. This isn’t rocket science, although...
The Ten Worst Bets
Almost thirty years ago in 1989, I advised my readers on the ten worst bets for the year. Topping the list was overpriced real...
House Prices Jump 9% in February
Home prices rose almost 9% on a year-over-year basis in February. That’s the biggest gain in four years. U.S. house prices are now 6.3%...