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The Economy Disappoints In The First Quarter Economic growth was a bit slower than expected in the first three months of this year. The Commerce Department reported last week that GDP rose at an annual rate of 3.1% in the 1Q. Economists had expected a...

We're running out of oil. Such is a wisdom so conventional--in the media, in the world of political and economic theory, in the popular mind--that it has attained the status of unassailable truth. The argument goes like this: Oil is a fossil fuel...

You may remember Antony Peyton, "our man in China," whom we recently introduced to you. Antony, an English teacher, writer and editor, has been living in Tianjin--a city in China's northeast--since September 2003 and will provide WWNK occasionally...

Introduction This week we look at the "The Triumph of Irrational Expectations over Long Run Experience." It is a cautionary tale, but enjoyable in the telling, and one that investors almost invariably ignore to their own chagrin. Also, at the...

The following fun quiz recently circulated around the Internet, and we liked it so much that we decided to give it a place here. It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates....

Since 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have implemented some rather drastic measures to make America safer. But how much safer is it really, and how wisely do these agencies spend their...

Introduction This week's letter is from my good friend Ed Easterling of Crestmont Research in Dallas. Ed helped co-author a couple of Chapters in my book "Bull's Eye Investing" and that inspired him to write his own book. Ed's recently...

Introduction In the March 8 issue of this E-Letter, I summarized the latest long-term economic forecast from The Bank Credit Analyst, which suggested that the US economy should continue to prosper over the next 10-15 years or even longer. Our good friends...