UPDATE 4.5.2023: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 33,402.38 yesterday. That’s down 9.2% from a peak of 36,799.65 on January 1, 2022. The traditional definition of a market correction is a 10% decline from peak. Speculators relying on price appreciation may be concerned. Investors focused on developing a steady stream of income are still […]
Gold’s 50-Year Price Explosion
UPDATE 4.5.23: Gold is once again nearing all-time highs. Jim Wyckoff of Kitco News reports: A standout feature in the marketplace this week is gold prices pushing above $2,000.00 an ounce and closing in on the record high of $2,078.80, scored in March of 2022. A weakening U.S. dollar index and a surge in crude […]
Who Will Pay the Price for LEDs?
Don’t like the weather? Change the lightbulbs. The Biden administration is reportedly moving forward with plans to implement a sweeping nationwide ban in coming weeks on several types of light bulbs. As editors at BRIGHT report, the ban will affect certain halogen and incandescent bulbs that do not meet energy efficiency standards. According to the […]
Your Cash Swept into Your Broker’s Bank Account!
UPDATE 4.4.23: Don’t allow your savings to be swept into an account paying almost nothing in interest. Your Survival Guy writes this morning: Is your lazy cash sitting around eating all your Easter candy? Murdering Peeps and defenseless chocolate bunnies? Well, after this weekend, that needs to stop. No más. With Fidelity’s Treasury Money Market […]
Globalism Has Made America Dependent on Foreign Countries
UPDATE 3.31.23: China sees the danger of a concerted Western effort to curb its power over global trade. The country’s communist government has dispatched Fu Cong, its ambassador to the EU, on a mission to scare the bloc’s countries away from joining U.S. efforts. Sam Fleming, Henry Foy and Andy Bounds report in the Financial […]
In Chicago, Education Connects the Dots
In the WSJ, Jason L. Riley gives credit to mayoral candidate Paul Vallas for connecting the dots. Mr. Vallas understands that people who get a decent education are less likely to become violent criminals. “Public safety is the overriding issue,” Mr. Vallas said in a speech earlier this month. “But we will not have true […]
A Threat to Our Constitutional System
They Will Grow Out of It? Remember the days when students who raged against society were looked upon almost fondly as harebrained fools in their 20s. They eventually would grow up and change their views before they took influential positions in state and federal government or in occupying the general counsel’s office of a Fortune […]
What’s John Kerry Doing in Mexico?
No Irony Intended President Joe Biden’s climate czar visited Mexico last week to heap praise on Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “I see wisdom in his leadership that wants to undo some of the mistakes of the past and help to promote the interests of the people.” Manuel Bartlett, aka AMLO, explains Mary Anastasis O’Grady […]
The Armed American Family: Part I
Originally posted on March 19, 2015. The Second Amendment protects our right to bear arms. There is no downside risk in protecting the security of your family. The first rule of safety is a firearms safety course sponsored by the NRA. Firearms safety is all about education. Organizations like National Shooting Sports Foundation are dedicated […]
If You’re a Highly Effective Person, We Should Talk
Happy Friday. It’s tax season. Unfortunately for mutual fund investors, this can be the time of year you realize your fund was down, but you still owe taxes. Because of its structure, a mutual fund puts you in the same boat as other investors. If some head for the exits, the manager is forced to […]
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