Reports

Legend has it that Canada Bill Jones was the greatest card sharp ever to work the Wild West casinos. He could beat any man at any game. And while he was generous to those in need, he was ruthless when it came to making money from “suckers” at the poker ...

Regardless of the merits or demerits of the Amazon business model, prosecutors could bring a case against “bigness” per se as an example to the rest of Corporate America and to demonstrate that the antitrust laws are an effective government tool. And it all begins with a letter. Antitrust suits ...

Listening to hysterical commentary from the mainstream media about President Trump’s tariff proposals, one would think his policies were in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, tariffs are as American as apple pie. America grew rich and powerful from 1787–1962, a period ...

“Trump has been outfoxed,” says one reader. “He’s doing the foxing, just watch,” counters another. “I was a VP in the Trump Organization in New York,” writes a third, adding with the unimpeachable authority of personal experience: “Our president was always the smartest guy in the room. He will prevail.” ...

A government shutdown was averted last Friday when President Trump signed a $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page omnibus bill. The deadline was midnight Friday and the bill came out late Wednesday. No one really had the time to go through it, and that’s on purpose. The fact that no one really knew ...

We’ve been dealing with a little bit of “drama” here at the Scheidt house lately. My 5-year-old, Caleb, has started testing his limits by throwing the occasional temper tantrum. The other day I heard him yelling at his mom because he didn’t want to brush his teeth. THAT was a ...

Has the recent Facebook data scandal got you a little paranoid about sharing information on the internet? I don’t blame you. After all, Facebook has access to some of your most personal information. I’m talking about every message you’ve ever sent or been sent, every contact in your phone and ...

Shortsighted Wall Street strikes again. Since this bull market began 9 years ago, the most reliable investment strategy has been to simply buy the dips. That’s because investors’ attention spans have continually decreased as the bull market has raged on. The market is down big one day on negative news ...

I love talking about investments that can make you lots of money. But you know what I love even more? Simple strategies that can SAVE you lots of money with very little effort. After all, even the safest investments carry risk. Meanwhile, some money-saving strategies can end up putting a ...

A more reasonable standard, of course, would recognize that iPhones and iPads do not have a single country of origin. More than a dozen companies from at least five countries supply parts for them. Infineon Technologies, in Germany, makes the wireless chip; Toshiba, in Japan, manufactures the touchscreen; and Broadcom, ...