Royal Dutch Shell is being touted by Barron’s as one of their top 10 stock picks for 2020. They think its growth prospects are noteworthy, but it might be good for another reason. There are plenty of stocks that haven’t done very well over the last 10 years, and have tanked while the average stock […]
It costs about $50,000 a year for tuition alone these days at top schools like Harvard and Yale. Whatever all this money buys, teaching them to reason well isn’t on the list. The iconic Harvard/Yale football game has been held every year since all the way back in 1875. Neither of these schools are known […]
Stocks rallied Thursday due to increased hopes that the Federal Reserve may lower rates later this month. Friday brought us a solid jobs report, which pushed them up further. Many economics hold the belief that unemployment below a certain level, 5.5% generally, it causes too much inflation that may need to be managed. They believe […]
There are a lot of people who think that we need to drastically cut down or even eliminate our use of fossil fuels for energy. Our dreams need to be realistic. Humans have been relying on getting energy from combustion for a very long time indeed. This goes back even further than the species in […]
The cost of a college education has been climbing three times faster than the rate of inflation and the amount of student loan debt in the U.S. is rising as well, now at $1.5 trillion. Becoming of age and becoming of age to continue one’s studies happens around the same time, where newly minted adults […]
As more and more shots get fired in the trade war between the U.S. and China, many are now wondering just how bad this might become if things just keep getting worse. The stakes just keep getting bigger and bigger in the trade war between the United States and China. The goal presumably is to […]
Donald Trump was already in a class by himself among U.S. Presidents in the category of being bombastic, but his now ordering U.S. companies to pull out of China sets a new standard. Friday was supposed to be all about hearing Fed Chairman Jerome Powell speak about the economy during the central bank’s annual retreat. […]
Private equity firms are called raiders by some of people, and when you put raider together with Wall Street, and you hate both, this can produce a lot of fire and brimstone. It is no secret that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren is no fan of Wall Street. This is not a view that […]
Retailers rely significantly on private brands. A tiny bit of Amazon’s business is from this, but not everyone thinks that we are entitled to benefit from the value this offers. Some Democrats just don’t like big companies it seems, especially ones that make their money from the internet. This is especially true for those who […]
While Trump’s threat of getting rid of rebates that drug companies pay third party agents has many breathing a sigh of relief, this battle against drug prices may be far from over. As a general rule anyway, kickbacks aren’t permitted, although for some reason the pharmaceutical industry often doesn’t follow general rules. The prescription drug […]