Monthly Archives: September, 2018

Can Bitcoin Ever Really Be a Currency?

The Leaders at The Economist explore what it means to be a currency, and whether or not bitcoin and other crypto-currencies meet that definition....

Revving up Tiffany at New York’s 5th Avenue & 57th Street

The Tiffany & Co. flagship store on 5th avenue alone generates as much revenue as all of Pinterest. So reports John Stoll in The...

One Man’s Stand Against “Google Marxism”

Take a look back at this piece on what George Gilder calls "Google Marxism." Then go on to read my Gilder inspired series called...

As Tech Invests its Cash, Who Will Buy Bonds?

For years tech companies with vast overseas cash reserves have invested their wealth in the short-term debt of other corporations. But now that Apple...

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Get Your Lazy Cash Working

As CDs come due, investors aren’t seeing CD yields...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

Compound interest was described as the greatest mathematical discovery...

The Real Action of Compounding

As Your Survival Guy, my job is to share...

Is China Surpassing the West in the Arab World?

Edward White, Cheng Leng, Ahmed Al Omran, and Alex...

China’s Gold Discovery Could Be the Largest Ever

Tim Newcomb of Popular Mechanics reports that $83 billion...

Global NatGas Market Could Experience Tighter Supply-Demand

The US Energy Information Administration reports that the global...

According to Him, This Is When Investing Becomes Fun

Let’s revisit one of my all-time favorite pieces from...

What the Chinese Are Learning from Russian Sanctions

Georgi Kantchev and Lingling Wei of The Wall Street...

China’s Biggest EV Maker Has a Side Hustle

Yang Jie of The Wall Street Journal tells his...

US Power Grid Margin for Error Is Shrinking

Katherine Blunt and Jennifer Hiller of The Wall Street...