Thursday, December 29, 2011
Celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival and I always name the manicures she gives me, and this one is called “Silver to the Third Power.” Tracylee’s concept was silver on silver on silver. The bottom layer is a gunmetal Minx application. She covered that with clear, long-lasting nail gel, then sprinkled silver glitter on. Finally, she added [...]
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
In July, when the price of gold hit new high after new high, I did a “Get Smart” post about it: why gold cost so much, why there is no “cheap” gold, and why the smart money doesn’t invest in a commodity just because it’s hitting new highs. After that post, the gorgeous and well-rounded [...]
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Monday, July 25, 2011
Last month, when I wrote about how I was raising the prices of my jewelry because of the record-high price of gold, I promised that I would answer some frequently asked questions the next day, including the one that’s straight out of Dumbassville: “Why don’t you buy cheaper gold?” (Apparently people think I love overpaying!) [...]
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Monday, June 20, 2011
A couple of weeks ago, I emailed a manufacturer about producing a pendant that I last made in 2009. I never got a reply, so when I went to visit him about an engagement ring I was working on, I asked, “What’s up with that pendant?” He turned green. He really did! Not solid, Kermit-the-frog, [...]
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Towards the end of last month, the price of gold hit a new high of over $1,260 an ounce. I was going to explain the economic and political reasons for the increase and examine its implications but I had a vision of y’all searching your Poodle Reader for something more interesting … maybe the blog [...]
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Friday, October 17, 2008
Continuing my thoughts from a week ago…. Gold is down below $800 an ounce (yay!) and headed for a big weekly loss. Naturally, I haven’t heard from any would-be gold investors today, because THIS would be the time to buy gold. I only hear from them when gold is at a high. Speaking of investing, [...]
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Friday, October 10, 2008
I always thought Dick Fuld, the chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers (my former employer), was an arrogant S.O.B. But I’m not really taking any pleasure in his being scapegoated for the current financial crisis. Lehman wouldn’t have failed if the government hadn’t decided to stick to a “tough love” approach for all of 24 [...]
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Sunday, September 9, 2007
The price per ounce of gold jumped in the past few days. It’s now at $700 an ounce. If it breaks through last year’s high, I’m going to have to adjust all my prices. For more information on what is driving gold prices, click here. To monitor gold prices, click here. It’s hard to believe [...]
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
If you’ve experienced some sticker shock while shopping for fine jewelry, there’s a good reason. At the beginning of this decade, gold was trading below $300 an ounce. Since then, prices have soared. Last year, gold reached a 26-year high of $732 an ounce. This year hasn’t been quite as bad, with a trading range [...]
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