Payments Firm Backs ‘Crazy’ Offline Bitcoin Transactions Experiment
Romanian mobile payments provider Netopia mobilPay is now backing a proposal to leverage microSD cards to conduct offline bitcoin transactions.
Bitcoin News Today – Hottest BTC Round Up!
NOV. 14, 2014 – Bitcoin News – Hottest BTC Round Up! Single Bitcoin Price Will Reach $100,000 OR $1,000,000 Says Fund Manager Raoul Pal, a former manager at Global Macro Investor Group…
Integrating Blockchain Based Voting Machines for Election Efficiency
The post Integrating Blockchain Based Voting Machines for Election Efficiency appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Voting is an essential requirement for a working democracy. When citizens of a country are…
In the process of a multi-week trendline break.
We are in the beginning of a large trendline break going back to the height of the bubble. A large break like this usually pushes price much higher. I am…
Why I Hold TIPS in My Portfolio (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities)
EconompicData has a nice, relatively brief post about the relationship between US Treasury bonds, TIPS, and inflation. I would hold either Treasuries or TIPS (or both) because they have the…
7 Easy and Inexpensive Hobbies You Aren’t too Old For
Ed note: Feel like you have no free time? List your hobbies as “sleeping” or “watching TV”? I completely relate. Kelly Whalen has some great ideas for adding activities to…
Money Management for the ‘Boomerang’ Household
Multi-generational households are nothing new -- before 1950, parents, kids, grandparents and extended family members living under the same roof was not only common, but also smart. Combined households sharing…
ACA Advance Premium Tax Credits Continue
On Thursday, June 25, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of tax subsidies for qualified taxpayers who purchase insurance through federally-run exchanges. In short, advance premium tax credits will…
‘Where’s My Refund?’ Don’t Ask the IRS
Taxpayers turning to IRS.gov for help tracking their refunds are not getting answers.
Former Illinois congressman Reynolds indicted on tax charges
By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Mel Reynolds, already convicted of having sex with an underage campaign worker, was indicted again for failing to file income tax…
My One-Page Financial Plan: Why Is Money Important To Me?
I’ve already shared two nuggets from the book The One-Page Financial Plan by Carl Richards – the importance of getting started and the true value of a human advisor. But…
The big picture
I have wasted far too much of my time killing zombies. This is what Paul Krugman calls ideas or alleged facts that, despite being shown to be wrong countless times,…
Stocks or Bonds?
I was writing to potential clients when I realized that I don’t have so much to write about my bond track record as I do my track record with stocks.…
Welcome home Herbert Stein…..
Ok all you students of history out there, wake up and watch Greece. There is a Great Depression in action happening before your eyes in real time. It will not…
Double bubble trouble in China
The deleveraging of the Chinese economy has always seemed likely to be a long and troublesome saga, lasting many years or even decades if it is to prove successful. The…
Deadlines and deadbeats and the US dollar is bid
The US dollar has strengthened against 8 out the 10 G-10 currencies as the first half of the year winds down.
Puerto Rico's finances: Another fine debt crisis
UK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: Puerto Rico's finances Rubric: Startling parallels between Greece and an American outpost in the Caribbean Byline: D.R. Location: NEW YORK Main image: 20150704_blp907.jpg…
Which Countries Work Hardest? You Might (Not) Be Surprised
Imagine you had to choose, and could choose: you can spend your whole life and raise your family in either of two equally prosperous countries. In one country people work lots of hours to…
Greece Misses Debt Payment, Deepening a Crisis
Greece and its European creditors failed to move fast enough to avert a missed $1.8 billion debt payment to the International Monetary Fund.
Millennials Want Work-Life Balance, Even if it Means Relocation
Everyone talks about work-life balance, but will Millennials be the ones to really make it happen? A new EY study finds that Millennials – particularly Millennial parents – are so serious about…