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By Sean Brodrick On September 4, 201812:46 PM Eastern
As I write this, Tropical Storm Gordon is churning toward the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. This storm is strengthening. It may be a hurricane by the time it slams into land. And that makes me think about...
By Mike Larson On August 1, 201807:55 AM Eastern
One-hundred and twenty billion dollars is a lot of money.
It’s roughly equal to the entire annual economic output of Kuwait — or Uruguay and Panama combined, if you prefer.
It’s enough to buy...
By Sean Brodrick On July 14, 201811:55 AM Eastern
The trade war is on. Oh, it’s on like Donkey Kong! And while President Trump is handing out heaping helpings of tariff tough talk to Mexico, Canada and Europe, he’s saved his special ire for...
By Tony Sagami On July 13, 201807:55 AM Eastern
All of us have enduring childhood summer memories.
I remember the sweet taste of fat, wild blackberries we picked by the Puyallup River, the neighborhood pickup game of baseball in the cow...
By Sean Brodrick On July 3, 201811:55 AM Eastern
When it comes to gas prices, you can’t blame consumers for not knowing whether they’re coming or going, due to all the geopolitical problems bubbling to the surface.
But there IS good news, at...
By Tony Sagami On June 1, 201807:55 AM Eastern
Politicians throw the word “trillion” around so much these days that it is easy to forget how truly massive a trillion really is.
A trillion is one thousand billions, or 1,000,000,000,000.
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By Mike Larson On May 31, 201811:55 AM Eastern
When you get married, you pledge to stand by your spouse “in sickness and in health.” That’s a great way to maintain wedded bliss. But it’s a lousy strategy for investors.
Instead, when the...
By Tony Sagami On May 25, 201807:55 AM Eastern
I was raised on a vegetable farm near Tacoma, Wash., and attended the University of Washington. And even though I moved to Asia years ago, my brother, sister, daughter and my precious 8-month-old...
By Tony Sagami On April 30, 201808:55 AM Eastern
If you’ve been reading this Monday column for the past couple of weeks, you know that I spend much of my time scouring the globe to find companies that are leading the digital money revolution.
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By Tony Sagami On April 27, 201807:55 AM Eastern
Times have sure changed.
When I was in first grade, a few of my classmates gave me a hard time because “Made in Japan” toys were so poorly constructed that they often fell apart after a few...