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Continue reading Black Coffee: Excuse Me While I Adjust My Tin Foil Hat

It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ... Wow. Can you believe it's November already? Christmas will be here before we know it. I once read that the passage of time is like a roll of toilet paper -- the closer you get to the end, the ...

Continue reading Black Coffee: More Signs That the Currency War Is Heating Up

It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ... Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance. I've got some honey-dos to take care ...

Continue reading Black Coffee: Why More Tax Revenue Will Never Be Enough

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Continue reading Black Coffee: Is The Fed’s Magic Act Wearing Thin?

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Continue reading Black Coffee: Ferraris, Teslas and the Cost of a Harvard Education

It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ... Let's get right to it this week ... Credits and Debits Credit: Don't look now, but the US dollar index is currently on its longest winning streak ever -- 12 weeks and counting. In fact, the ...

Continue reading Black Coffee: Unicorns, Rainbows and the Improving Economy

It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ... Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Okay, off we go ... Credits and ...

Continue reading Black Coffee: The Garbage Police and the Fed’s Paper Waste Problem

It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ... Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance. And away we go ... Credits and ...

Continue reading Black Coffee: Bulls Make Money, Pigs Make Money, Bears Get Slaughtered

It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ... Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance. I'm helping my father-in-law move into ...

Continue reading Black Coffee: Yes, the Fed Is Blaming Hoarders for the Rotten Economy

It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ... Let's get right to it this week ... Credits and Debits Credit: With Labor Day behind us, it's sad to know that some people will always be allergic to work. In South Korea, the desire of some ...

Continue reading Black Coffee: Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It’s Off to Work We Go

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Continue reading Black Coffee: Somebody Is Knocking on the Door, But It’s Not Domino’s

It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ... Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance. Okay, off we go ... The Question of ...

Continue reading Black Coffee: The Quinceanera Edition

It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ... Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance. And away we go ... Credits and ...

Continue reading Black Coffee: Sometimes, He Who Sells First Sells Best

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Continue reading Black Coffee: More Promises to Pay Tuesday for a Hamburger Today

It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ... Let's get right to it this week ... International News This past week, I was interviewed by Doug Goldstein for a segment on his terrific money show, Goldstein on Gelt, which is featured on ...

Continue reading Black Coffee: Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be

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Continue reading Black Coffee: Promises, Promises, Promises