Every day, 8,000 Americans turn 60 years old… Some 40% of U.S. adults are over 60… America’s “old-timers” are the driving force behind big, safe returns for health care investors.

The bull market in oil comes down to just two simple numbers: The world can’t produce more than 85 million barrels of oil per day. The world wants 87 million barrels of oil per day.

Look at a nationwide map of foreclosures, and you just might be looking at a hollowed-out future of exurban America. I alluded to this phenomenon a couple of days ago in musing over Sen. Obama’s ill-considered remarks that implied giving the developing world effective veto power over American driving and dietary habits.

Congratulations Aussie dollar. You’ve made a 24-year high. The terms of trade is throwing you a party later this year. Will you be brining parity with you?

Time was, “As General Motors goes, so goes the nation.” What would be the suitable substitute for GM in post-industrial, post-modern, post-Bretton Woods America? Wal-Mart? Or maybe Starbucks?