Money

Suppose you have a great product or service to sell, or for that matter a great story to tell, and you just happen to be shy. Despite what they may…

It’s been another good week for Bitcoin, with prices pushing toward $600 on strong volume. Prices managed to top over $590 twice earlier in the week, before settling down to $567…

There were many policies and practices that came together to cause the Great Recession of 2008, but certainly the trigger was subprime lending in the housing market. People were getting loans…

During World War II, spying was a major thorn in the side of the Allied Forces. It became imperative to warn workers in various capacities to watch what they said.…

If you scour the prose of contemporary economists, you’ll invariably encounter murkiness and subterfuge. President Truman was all too aware of the problem when he said “give me a one-handed…

Thanks to a surge in buying on Tuesday, Bitcoin managed to pull off a win for the week by posting higher prices on strong volume. The six month chart keeps…

“If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.” — Woody Allen Ah, to be the billionaire owner of a…

Anyone reading my columns for any length of time knows that I encourage everyone to try starting their own business, even if it doesn’t work out as a career. There…

Back in 2009 the German central bank, the Bundesbank, announced they were concerned they hadn’t been paying enough attention to their gold reserves stored in overseas central banks. It’s not…

“Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” — Warren Buffett Suppose your stockbroker said to you something like this: “I’ve got an investment for you that’s going to go big…