Production, Use and Fate of All Plastics Ever Made

Back in 2005, the American Film Institute released a list of the 100 most memorable and lasting bits of film dialogue of all time. The firs...

Friday Watch

Night Trading   Asian equity indices are -1.0% to +.25% on average. Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 64.5 -.25 basis point. ...

Thanksgiving Origins: Sarah Josepha Hale Writes to Abraham Lincoln

Thanksgiving is a day for a traditional menu, and part of my holiday is to reprint this annual column on the origins of the day: The first...

The Dominance of Peoria in the Processed Pumpkin Market

As I prepare for a season of pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread (made with cornmeal and pecans), pumpkin soup (especially nice wish a decent champag...

An Economist Chews Over Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving preparations arrive, I naturally find my thoughts veering to the evolution of demand for turkey, technological change in tur...

Global Climate Change and its Potential Impact on the Banking Industry and Borrowers

Jim Rickards Project Prophesy: Does This Government Secret Affect You?

James Rickards is the American financial expert and author of the New York Times best-selling books “The Death of Money”, “Currency Wars”,...

Morning Market Internals

NYSE Composite Index: Volume Running -7.4% Above 100-Day Average 7 Sectors Rising, 4 Sectors Declining 56.6% of Issues Advancing, 38.8...

China's Chengdu J-20 - A Game-Changing Stealth Fighter

Wednesday Watch

Night Trading   Asian equity indices are unch. to +.5% on average. Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 64.75 -.25 basis point. ...

Stocks Slightly Higher into Final Hour on US Economic Activity, Buyout Speculation, Short-Covering, Retail/Homebuilding Sector Strength

  Broad Equity Market Tone: Advance/Decline Line: About Even Sector Performance: Mixed Volume: Around Average Market Leading Sto...