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By Jon D. Markman On January 3, 202002:00 PM Eastern
It happened again. Amazon.com (AMZN) had a record holiday shopping season as consumers flocked to online deals.
Mastercard (MA) reported last Thursday that online sales surged 18.8%. Those now...
By Tony Sagami On January 3, 202008:00 AM Eastern
"This coat is older than you," I told my amazed 27-year-old son.
I was talking about my heavily insulated Carhart jacket that I have been wearing for more than three decades. And I think I'll...
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 Sean Brodrick On December 31, 201905:00 AM Eastern
Early one Sunday morning, Taiwan scrambled its interceptors.
Two Chinese J-11 fighter jets had just crossed the “median line” … entering the island’s airspace.
Despite warnings, they continued...
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 26, 201904:59 AM Eastern
Happy Boxing Day. It’s so-called in most of the English-speaking world — but not, apparently, the U.S. — because the day after Christmas is when you put money, canned goods and the gifts you...
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 23, 201901:59 PM Eastern
Using a leaked database and cell tower pings, reporters at The New York Times were able to track a Secret Service agent attached to President Trump’s security detail.
Politicians and privacy...
By Sean Brodrick On December 23, 201910:07 AM Eastern
The stock market is itching for a Santa Claus rally. You can feel it. But I think you should keep an eye peeled for a rally of a different kind — a rally in gold.
Let me show you a chart of...
By Sean Brodrick On December 21, 201905:00 AM Eastern
I’m from Maine and grew up within foghorn distance of the sea. So let me tell you a Down East tale that should serve as a warning to every investor: Maine’s Great Gold Swindle.
I’m not talking...