Commentary It’s become fashionable recently to invoke the memory of the late Paul Volcker, with consumer prices rising at their fastest rate since he ostensibly vanquished the double-digit price inflation of his watch. Saddled himself with the political mess he inherited from a tanking U.S. dollar and soaring prices, former President Jimmy Carter finally appointed…
Why Your Return From Home Equity Is Always Zero
Commentary Now that holiday gifts and toys are in the past and you’ve probably stepped on your last stray Lego piece, it’s time to start thinking about financial resolutions. If you’re a homeowner, the terrific price appreciation that you’ve seen recently means there’s a good chance that you’re sitting on a nice chunk of home…
The Abuse of Science
“In ordinary logic, almost all effort is concentrated on the syllogism. The logicians seem scarcely to have thought about induction. They pass it by with barely a mention and hurry on their formulas for disputation. But we reject proof by syllogism because it operates in confusion and lets nature slip out of our hands…” —…
Tesla Signs Deal for First U.S. Supply of Nickel With Talon Metals
Tesla Inc on Monday said it has signed its first U.S. supply deal for nickel, choosing Talon Metals Corp’s Tamarack mine project in Minnesota because of plans to make the electric vehicle battery metal using a process it considers more environmentally friendly. Tesla will buy 75,000 tonnes of nickel over six years. The automaker will…
6 Top-Performing Chip Stocks of 2021—and Why to Watch Them in 2022
What could have been a devastating year for semiconductor manufacturers in the wake of a global pandemic and an escalating trade war with China wound up being just the opposite. What Happened? The telecommunications, automotive, computing, and Manufacturing sectors are being transformed with new digital technologies. During the third quarter of 2021, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported…
JPMorgan Tells Investors Not to Fear a 20% Stock Market Correction
Commentary This Monday’s rally amounted to the 69th time the index has hit a new record high this year. The rise has been unbelievable, with the S&P closing on the upside nearly 30% of trading days. The S&P is up year to date 24%, Dow Jones up 19%, and NASDAQ up 19% as of the…
Fed, Markets in Quandry After Friday’s Job Report
Friday’s jobs report for December widely missed its mark, printing at just 199,000 jobs when 400,000 were anticipated. The dismal report raised doubts about the likelihood the Fed would hold to what seemed like an assured interest rate increase just two days earlier, when the Federal Reserve released its minutes from its December meeting. The…
12 Meaningful (And Free) Gifts for Business Associates
By John Peitzman Corporate gifting has pretty much always been a de rigueur expense for most companies, with resulting spending that is simply staggering. A July, 2021 study conducted by Coresight Research (sponsored by GiftNow) estimated that the corporate gifting market will reach $242 billion this year, with most companies spending between $75 to $100…
Biden Turning Export-Import Bank From Weapon Against Chinese Communist Party Into Beijing Ally
Commentary While bad enough that President Joe Biden has nominated in Reta Jo Lewis a longtime, committed appeaser of the oppressive, genocidal, and expansionist People’s Republic of China to chair the Export-Import Bank of the United States, it is probably worse that prominent American business entities continue to gulp down the Kool-Aid about the long…
3 Key Principles of Employee Management
By Brenda Neckvatal In my career as a human resources professional, business integrator and leader, I’ve helped companies work to reverse the consequences of myriad bad decisions with regard to employees. It is my experience that most such mistakes were the result of poor planning, an underestimation of an employees’ response(s), a lack of understanding…
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