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Sep 15

There’s No Getting Away from Oil Anytime Soon

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The continued restricted movement of oil tankers through the Straight of Hormuz has reminded many of us just how essential oil has become to not just our economy, but to our very way of life.  Don’t get me wrong, crude oil is dirty.  Getting crude oil on your skin causes immediate irritation and can lead to chemical burns, rashes, and absorption of toxic chemicals.  Burning unrefined crude oil creates thick black smoke, heavy soot, and toxic gases like sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide.  Even when refined, burning it causes byproducts that aren’t safe to breathe in at quantity. Moving away…
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Apr 16

Investor or Speculator – Part II

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If you think about the last time we had widespread social strife and turmoil in the United States in tandem with expensive financial markets, your recollection will probably take you back to the sixties. Between anti-war protests, the civil rights movement, entitlement reform, and a re-tooling of criminal justice policies and laws, there was plenty of fodder for calm, dispassionate chats with friends and family. It’s probably no coincidence that this swell of activity came toward the end of a post-World War II economic expansion that brought economic comfort to many and stock markets to rather lofty heights. What followed,…
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