When you look at the chart you would think there hadn’t been a period of runaway inflation. Having just come back from New York my eyeballs still hurt from them bugging out at prices. You can’t say the same about gold. Here is the chart: So I’ve thrown out my…

By David Winning SYDNEY–Transurban’s proposed acquisition of a majority stake in the owner of the EastLink toll road in Melbourne has run afoul of Australia’s competition regulator. In a statement, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said it would oppose Transurban’s purchase of a majority interest in Horizon Roads on…

There are not very many Americans still doing the farming that feeds our citizens and many others around the world. The legacy of the Homestead Act of 1862 persists in that many of those farmers still own land from those 160 acre grants that have been passed down for generations,…

By David Winning SYDNEY–Transurban’s proposed acquisition of a majority stake in the owner of the EastLink toll road in Melbourne has run afoul of Australia’s competition regulator. In a statement, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said it would oppose Transurban’s purchase of a majority interest in Horizon Roads on…

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Bank of America presently has a stellar rank, in the top…

Stocks fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady but signaled that one more quarter-point rate hike was possible this year. These stocks were making moves Wednesday:  Klaviyo (ticker: KVYO), a Boston-based marketing software company, started trading at $36.75, soaring 23% above its initial public offering price of $30.…

Purists say there is no signal from the past that will affect the price of the future in equity markets. This should be more true of indices which have many random components all noisily gyrating together. Yet most of us instinctively see that charts are not random. We are indeed…

The United Auto Workers’ labor negotiations with the Detroit-Three automakers: Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis are getting more contentious. The Union is threatening to expand its strike if the two sides fail to make “serious progress” toward an agreement by Friday, the union’s leader warned late Monday. Former President Donald…

In the last few years, I’ve noticed more people moving to different states than ever before. Their reasons vary, from cost of living, to taxes, to job opportunities, to retirement, to just needing a change of scenery. No matter what the reason for the move, there can be some serious…

The Bank of England left interest rates unchanged in a surprise move that mimicked the Federal Reserve’s pause on Wednesday.  The decision follows 14 consecutive hikes in the BOE’s most aggressive campaign of monetary policy tightening since the 1980s. While economists predicted another quarter-point increase, the key interest rate is…