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By Mike Larson On August 26, 202005:05 PM Eastern
It’s official. The world’s biggest countries now owe more money than they did right after World War II. Debt as a percentage of GDP just hit 128%, versus 124% in 1946.
And that’s just government...
By Jon D. Markman On August 26, 202002:59 PM Eastern
SpaceX completed another successful mission last week, launching 59 Starlink satellites, then safely landing its Falcon 9 solid rocket booster on a drone ship. Ho-hum.
These missions are so...
By David Dittman On August 18, 202004:17 PM Eastern
The thing about Twitter is that it holds a lot of good stuff.
On the other hand, the social media platform holds a lot of bad stuff, too.
Well, this is good Twitter, because it’s a solid...
By Sean Brodrick On August 15, 202005:00 AM Eastern
What a wild couple of weeks it’s been for gold.
First, the yellow metal pushed over its previous all-time high of $1,923, and, on Aug. 7, it clocked an intraday high of $2,089 per ounce. Then...
By Sean Brodrick On June 30, 202005:00 AM Eastern
When I was a kid, I watched a show called “UFO”, which originally ran from 1969-1970. It was your typical sci-fi salad about heroic Earthmen battling nasty invaders. It made quite an impression on...
By Sean Brodrick On June 23, 202005:00 AM Eastern
Is it time to set your sights on the sun? By that, I mean investing in the stocks of companies leveraged to solar power.
You’d be in good company if you did. Warren Buffett is building the...
By Jon D. Markman On June 8, 202001:11 PM Eastern
The space race reignited last week when a SpaceX crew hooked up with the International Space Station nearly 250 miles from Earth.
The successful mission means the United States government is now...
By Tony Sagami On May 22, 202007:00 AM Eastern
“And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”
—Joseph Drake
What do you have planned for the...
By Jon D. Markman On May 15, 202001:00 PM Eastern
Separating technology winners from losers is easier than most investors believe. In many cases, the competition was over long ago.
Apple, Inc. (AAPL) has assembled some of the brightest minds in...
By Sean Brodrick On May 14, 202006:40 AM Eastern
Banks across the eurozone are stocking up on their own governments’ bonds.
Why should you care? In the current economic climate — when the pandemic is kicking one economy after another down the...