I was talking recently with a CEO I know. He runs a company worth about $3 billion—thousands of employees, dozens of ...

Dividend stocks are a great defense when there’s fear in the air. Inflation fears are real with energy-driven price increases ...

Like many of you, I am inundated with information. Most of it is not useful or repetitive. Even filtering for relevant content and source, it feels like I’m getting many times more data than even 10 ...

I started in the financial publishing industry as a “temp” back in 2011. I spent my first week learning about the industry, and the writing style and routine of my assigned senior editor—the income ...

Like people, institutions of all kinds get old. Some age less than gracefully. They become set in their ways, fixating on the past and ignoring new conditions. But because they’re “institutions,” ...

Which one would you guess is the drug dealer? Sadly, the answer might be “all of the above.” China has weaponized fentanyl against the United States. It’s fighting a long battle, motivated by a desire ...

Copper prices have exploded higher, up 33% year to date. The demand is coming from so many sectors of the global economy, it is hard to find a reason not to invest. The energy transition is driving ...

There has been so much data released in the past week it’s hard to know where to begin. And that is all compounded by the fog of confusion/war surrounding the “Iran conflict.” Rather than focus on a ...

Rosie the Robot was a memorable part of Saturday mornings for those of us of a certain age. I loved The Jetsons. Their take on the future of family life and transportation seemed fantastical to a kid ...

2025 has turned into an amazing year, financially and economically, by almost every tracked measure. The Atlanta Fed’s GDP Now model is projecting 4.0% GDP growth for the third quarter of 2025. This ...

The slide in Wendy’s stock has pushed its yield to 6.8%. But a high payout ratio could warn of trouble ahead.

Early in my career, I worked at a small brokerage doing mergers and acquisitions. Our buyer base included private equity groups. These were smart people, with deep industry knowledge that allowed them ...