by Michael Lecours | Dec 10, 2015 | Economy, Uncategorized
When I walk around New York City, I can’t help but wonder how much energy it must take to keep the lights on in the whole city. Here is a great illustration great illustration that shows you how much energy (renewable and nonrenewable) it would take to power NYC. It...
by Michael Lecours | Nov 17, 2015 | Economy, Uncategorized
About 10 years ago, coal generated about 50% of the country’s electricity. Now it is down to 34%! This is due in a large part to natural gas and renewable energy sources. Here is a great animated graphic that illustrates the transformation that has occurred over...
by Michael Lecours | Nov 10, 2015 | Retirement, Taxes, Uncategorized
Big changes to Social Security usually take years to plan, develop and roll out. But not this time. Congress has suddenly shut down two popular claiming strategies that have been growing in popularity over the last few years. File & suspend and restricted...
by Michael Lecours | Nov 9, 2015 | Economy, Uncategorized
Where are we headed next year? How will the US stock market do? China? Oil? Interest Rates? Over the next 60 days, my email will be flooded with hundreds of market outlooks for 2016. Some are pretty technical, or have some sort of sales angle, or they have some odd...
by Michael Lecours | Oct 27, 2015 | Economy, Uncategorized
Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist
