What will pawnbrokers think of next?

11 years ago

On little Maui, we refer to our retail store at 96 N. Market as "our big store," because it's about…

How pawn shops get stuff

11 years ago

On the Kamaaina Loan webcast from First Friday in Wailuku, Jason Schwartz and I tried to explain how pawn shops…

See gold go UP!

11 years ago

A month ago, gold was trading at $1,175 an ounce. This morning, it is a bit over $1,290. That's a…

Crooked lawyers? Say it ain’t so!

11 years ago

The post below is copied from my other blog, Restating the Obvious Maui, at The Maui News. For Kamaaina Loan…

Farewell to 2014, a ‘meh’ year for gold

11 years ago

At Kamaaina Loan we look forward to 2015, because gold has got to have a better year than the one…

Cliff Slater was right

11 years ago

Honolulu rail transit is going to be a disaster. It is no surprise that the cost overrun is already estimated…

Bad for Russia, good for gold

11 years ago

When asked about the direction gold will take, Big Rich always says, "It will go up, or it will go…

The people’s bankers

11 years ago

It has been 80 years since the Pecora hearings exposed how big banks work against the public interest. New Deal…

‘Getting the chair,’ but in a good way

11 years ago

From Norwich, Conn., we learn of a pawnbroker who took the old advice and made lemonade from his lemons. According…

Crazy for love, maybe?

11 years ago

I think this guy wanted to be caught: Police found that the suspect (in a burglary of a Black River…