No Country for Old Probability Theorists

A suspected US drone strike hit a vehicle carrying two alleged al-Qaeda members in Yemen’s southeastern Hadramout province on Tuesday, China’s Xinhua news agency has reported. A local security source told the news agency that one of the men in the vehicle was killed while the other was wounded. So far, there’s been no confirmation […]

The Fed Rate-Hike Won't Fix The Inflation It Targets Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The Fed did what the bond market dared it to do. This past week, in a unanimous vote, the FOMC raised the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00%, the first Fed rate hike since 2023. The stated reason was “price stability.” Yet this is a Fed whose own chairman has spent the past year insisting that real growth does not cause inflation, and that the drivers of this one...

These Are The Most Dangerous Fields Of Work Fatal workplace injuries remain a pressing issue in the United States, with stark disparities across occupational fields. Statista's Tristan Gaudiaut reports that, according to data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in February 2026, farming, fishing and forestry are still by far the most dangerous fields of work, recording around 22 fatal injuries per 100,000 workers in 2024. You will find more infographics at Statista A little further behind are transportation and material moving (12.8) and construction and extraction (12.6), followed by protective services (8.2) and...