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Trade Alert: Time to Bet Against the Price of Crude Oil
November 20, 2017 Natural Resource Investor
We made some nice gains by betting on the rising price of crude oil. But now is the time to make the opposite bet: The price of crude oil looks due for a decline. The rise of benchmark WTI crude oil to $58-per-barrel was helped by the increasingly bullish sentiment for the oil industry. Naturally, […]5 Reasons to Buy Microsoft Stock to Invest in Cloud-Computing
September 6, 2017 Disruptors and Dominators
The Pearl Street Station in New York City was the first central power plant in the world. Powered up by the Edison Illuminating Co. in September 1882, it first generated electricity for a few dozen lights in lower Manhattan. Large-scale power plants completely changed the way that people lived. Before these power plants, people produced […] Why Amazon Won’t Rule the World
August 30, 2017 Investment Opportunities
The financial media proclaimed that Amazon was going to take over the world. But risks to income growth are just the start of Amazon’s problems.Three Theories about Russia: Ally, Cold War Adversary, or Enemy #1?
July 24, 2017 Uncategorized
One year ago, as the crisis in the Ukraine was dying down, Russia was barely on the radar screen of U.S. news outlets. If it appeared prominently in more than one daily news cycle per month, it was unusual. Moreover, few people understood the country, its domestic politics or its foreign policies. Fast forward to […] Is Gerrymandering a Threat to Democracy?
July 20, 2017 Government & Politics
The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming decision on gerrymandering could have a major impact on future U.S. elections. But will it really change anything?