maui gold

Trouble for diamonds

The following post should concern you even if you are not a diamond miner, which we assume most of our…

11 years ago

What will pawnbrokers think of next?

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

11 years ago

How pawn shops get stuff

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

11 years ago

See gold go UP!

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

11 years ago

Crooked lawyers? Say it ain’t so!

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

11 years ago

Farewell to 2014, a ‘meh’ year for gold

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

11 years ago

Cliff Slater was right

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

11 years ago

Bad for Russia, good for gold

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

11 years ago

‘Getting the chair,’ but in a good way

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

11 years ago

Crazy for love, maybe?

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

11 years ago