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By Sean Brodrick On January 2, 202006:50 AM Eastern
The story of gold, along with the story of all metals on earth, begins 4.6 billion years ago. That’s when a giant star — a real colossus — burned through its last joules of fuel and erupted in a...
By Jon D. Markman On December 30, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Software has been eating the world for a long time. Indigestion was inevitable. It came in 2019.
The most spectacular software fail of the year happened at Boeing (BA). Glitches caused two of...
By Sean Brodrick On December 24, 201905:00 AM Eastern
Christmas is a season for many things … and it’s also a time for commodities.
No, I don’t mean the jewelry you’ll inevitably buy your sweetheart. I’m talking the old-time commodities: gold,...
By Jon D. Markman On December 2, 201904:00 PM Eastern
It’s officially here. Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. By all accounts, companies that have embraced digital are winning, again.
Consumers spent $7.4 billion...
By Mike Larson On November 25, 201902:35 PM Eastern
Preparing for the 2020s is no easy feat.
The decade will be turbulent and predicting that turbulence could be tricky.
You will need a cool head. You will need the benefit of experience.
And...
By Sean Brodrick On November 21, 201905:25 AM Eastern
I recently attended the New Orleans Investment Conference (NOIC). It’s one of the best conferences for investors who want to learn about small companies with enormous potential, particularly those...
By Jon D. Markman On November 6, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Space mining is a popular science fiction trope. Precious metals are abundant in space, though. At the same time, the most valuable commodity in the outer limits is actually abundant on Earth.
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By Tony Sagami On October 25, 201908:00 AM Eastern
When I was a rookie stockbroker in the 1980s, the Federal Reserve had just two mandates: promote full employment and keep inflation in check.
Not anymore.
Central bankers all over the world,...
By Tony Sagami On October 21, 201901:06 PM Eastern
As I pulled into a paid parking lot, I realized that I didn’t have any cash on me. No problem, there was a Bank of America ATM right just down the block.
I had to wait behind a moron who took so...
By Sean Brodrick On October 10, 201908:00 AM Eastern
There’s a problem with gold and silver.
It’s not that no one wants to buy them.
They have the exact opposite problem …
The heavy-hitters on Wall Street are already backing up the truck.
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