Editor’s Note: In case you missed it, consumer price index data for June was released this morning, and inflation remains near its highest level in more than two years. (The resumption of the attacks in Iran isn’t helping,...
“I don’t know what the seven wonders of the world are, but I know the eighth: compound interest.”– The Maxims of Wall Street, Page 181
I just returned from a glorious FreedomFest in Las Vegas, my annual conference where...
When it comes to the markets, the crowd seems to constantly be in search of The Next Big Thing − the latest “can’t-miss” sector, industry, or individual stock.
For years, it was the Magnificent Seven.
For much of 2026, it’s...
The impact of AI is easy to grasp when the talk stays with digital chatbots. It gets harder when AI shows up in a place as dull as a warehouse.
That is what makes Symbotic (Nasdaq: SYM) interesting. The...
Shopping for groceries these days is an exercise in controlling rage.
The prices of most food items have gone bananas (including bananas).
It’s easy to blame the supermarket, but the truth is grocery stores have notoriously razor-thin margins.
The average supermarket...
My wife stood frozen on the street corner, afraid to take a step into the intersection.
A car was stopped, waiting for her to go, but no one was waving her along to indicate that the car would remain...
“It is incredible the quantity of good that may be done in a country by a single man who will make a business of it.”– Benjamin Franklin
Jeff Bezos, the founder and former CEO of Amazon, recently made a...
Editor’s Note: The stock Director of Trading Anthony Summers evaluates in this week’s Value Meter is a fitting choice to end our “America’s 250th Birthday” series. (You’ll see what I mean below.)
If you missed any of the previous...
As we approach America’s 250th birthday, I recall how exciting it was to be a kid for the Bicentennial celebrations.
There was a naval parade in New York, and Johnny Cash was the Grand Marshal of the U.S. Bicentennial...
Editor’s Note: President Kennedy once said, “The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor, and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.”
Our colleague JC Parets from TrendLabs says the companies that...
