If you’re in any career field where your job is at all repetitive, there’s probably a robot coming to take that job from you. There’s been a lot of chatter…
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Bitcoin, the digital currency wave of the future, has experienced a tumultuous week that saw a major exchange disappear, and Bitcoin prices crash on world markets and then bounce back…
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It’s hard to turn on a cable news program without seeing an ad for retirement planning. Most of those ads stress that we’re living longer, and that most people aren’t…
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The modern trend toward ubiquitous smartphones and connected devices actually started in Japan, a long time before it washed onto the shores of the US. In the Land of the…
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Most people are aware that the Great Recession of 2008 was triggered by sub-prime lending, what those of us in the real estate industry called a “no-doc” loan, also called…
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Bitcoin values slid again in the wake of hacking facilitated by a flaw in the digital currency’s central software systems. If that wasn’t enough, government regulators are moving ahead on…
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If you think it costs more to take little Taco the Chihuahua or Whiskers the Cat to the see the vet, you’re not imagining it. It’s not unusual in many…
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The problem with ignoring Chicken Little is that, on a long enough timeline, at some point the little guy will be right. When it comes to the stock market, the…
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There’s an unfortunate impression that seems to have taken root in our culture, that people don’t like to work and will naturally just lay around all day if they could…
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You see them on TV — the parade of “B” actors talking in smooth, reassuring tones about how great a reverse mortgage can be. If it’s such a great deal,…