Month: June 2025
Weekly Points – June 13th, 2025 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Tariffs Didn’t Create a Disaster Issue
Lots of tariff-related non-news this week. The CPI was up by 0.1% which was far from the disaster predicted by fiat economists. Energy has been a tailwind and may become a headwind. Shelter may become a tailwind. Either way, prices of goods are not rising as feared. The press report on the jobs report is … Read more
May CPI is 2.4%
Overview: Today, we got the May Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 2.4% for the last year and up 0.1% for the month. The annual number is up 0.1% from April and in line with expectations. The monthly is down 0.1% and below expectations. The Core CPI which excludes food … Read more
Talen Energy ($TLN) Expands its Deal with Amazon
Good news on the tape. One reason Talen Energy ($TLN) stock price is up so much in the past year is a deal they did with Amazon to provide nuclear energy from its Susquehanna plant to Amazon’s nearby data center. This morning, the companies announced an expansion of that deal with Talen now supplying electricity … Read more
Weekly Points – June 6th, 2025 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Nuclear AI Issue
Meta signs a deal to secure reliable carbon-free nuclear power for its AI data centers following in the footsteps of competitor, Amazon. DKI has been buying more uranium. Do you own enough? The big music labels take steps to ensure they (and their artists) get paid for music used to train generative AI models. We’re … Read more