Are the Chinese Set for a Housing Bust?
Every time their government puts a new restriction on home buying, Chinese investors put more money in new apartments and homes. Some are certain...
This Major American City is Looking at Bankruptcy
I have recently written to you about the possible bankruptcy of the state of Illinois, potentially the first state in the country ever to go...
Sentiment Change Could Flip Yield-Reaching Market on its Head
Low long-term bond yields in the face of a Fed that is hiking short-term rates has helped sustain one of the greatest yield reaching...
Can GE Go Local to Avoid Protectionism?
With protectionism heating up around the world, GE is adopting a strategy of localization. It's building plants and facilities in places it never otherwise...
My Most Popular Post so Far this Year
This year my investment readers, focused on their long-term retirement survival, have been tuning in to one post more than any other. "Why Vanguard...
Famous Last Words: “This Time It’s Different.”
Howard Gold, a columnist at MarketWatch, explains that Millennials are making the same investing mistakes their parents made. But rather than making those mistakes...
Companies Struggle to Restore Operations after Crippling Cyber Attack
The virus known as NotPetya has crippled operations at companies around the world, including major shipping operator A.P. Moeller-Maersk. The virus has been especially troublesome in...
Independent Bookstores are Booming
MarketWatch reports here on a renaissance for independent bookstores. Is this the start of peak Amazon?
Print is dead? Long live print!
Amazon may have conquered...
Despite Falling Prices, Drillers on Pace for Record U.S. Oil Production
Soon, oil companies may pump more crude in America than they ever have before. The U.S. may produce more than 10 million barrels a...
RAGE Gauge: Investors Aren’t Paying Attention
My July RAGE Gauge is in, and four letters come to mind: G-N-M-A. As in Vanguard GNMA. If you don’t have some already, then...