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Future Electric Vehicle (EV) Electricity Demand Bullish for Utilities

This past weekend, MarketWatch ran an article titled “Tesla’s Musk Says U.S. Electric Production Needs to Double to...

The Highest Yields That Make Perfect Sense

This past Friday, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell delivered an amazingly dovish speech at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that caught...

Reaganomics at 40: Reagan’s Biggest Success – and Regret

The Heritage Foundation and the Reagan Ranch last week held celebrations of the 40th anniversary of “Reaganomics.” Living economists...

Fed Taper Plan May Be on Hold

Expectations for a “once-and-for-all” announcement about the Fed’s timetable for its plan to taper quantitative easing (QE) are...

Is the Stock Market Ready To Crash

“Bull markets climb a wall of worry.” -- “Maxims of Wall Street” (p. 66) “Bull markets never die...

Will The Fed Deal Promptly With Rising Inflation?

One thing about this market is that it can’t seem to make up its mind about whether inflation...

Markets are Rattled as the Fed Sends an Inflation Warning

Most investors are keenly aware that the market hates uncertainty, and they understand why the indices buckle when...

Is There a Better Way To Beat the Market Than Market Timing? Yes!

“Don’t give me timing. Give me time.” -- Jesse Livermore (“The Maxims of Wall Street,” p. 137, see www.skousenbooks.com) During our financial...

Will the Bull Market Stand the Test of New Taxes?

The old saying that “the only two things we can be certain of in life are death and...

Are We Seeing the Return of Jimmy Carter?

Editor's Note: Because of my bike injury, I can now write with only one hand for the next...