Failing Upwards with HomeExchange
A concerned reader wrote to me today asking me if everything’s okay. Apparently, I hadn’t posted for nearly 2 weeks, and I’ve never…
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The Move Out of Big Tech Is Underway
We all read a lot of commentary these days – both good and bad – about how AI will change things. Yet most…
Macy’s: An Iconic Retailer That’s Still Going Strong
Macy’s (NYSE: M) has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. When I was growing up, it…
HHS Secretary Grilled About Medicaid, CDC Firings, and Vaccines During Contentious Hearing
During a tense hearing on Thursday, members of the Senate Finance Committee pressed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his position on…
KFF Health News: Social Security Praises Its New Chatbot. Ex-Officials Say It Was Tested But Shelved Under Biden.
John McGing couldn’t reach a human. That might be business-as-usual in this economy, but it wasn’t business; he had called the Social Security…
How Safe Is Capital Southwest’s 10% Dividend Yield?
It’s been a while since we last looked at Capital Southwest (Nasdaq: CSWC) in this column. Four years ago, the stock yielded 8.9%…
3 Tips for Making Wise Investment Decisions
My wife and I are rewatching the TV show The Good Place. If you’ve never seen it, I highly recommend it. It’s a…
How to Gain an Edge in Your Investing
People hate when I show them this chart. Most investors are perpetually Pollyanna-ish. If the market’s up, all is well. Not me. I…
What’s Really Cooking at Cracker Barrel?
They say if you go “woke,” you go broke, and plenty of companies have learned that lesson the hard way in recent years….