Greg Heberlein
Financial CommentatorGreg Heberlein spent 32 years at The Seattle Times. In 12 years in the Sports Department, he was the only reporter to cover every game in the Seattle SuperSonics' championship season. Towards the end of his 20 years in the Business Department, an award was established to honor the Northwest's top business columnist. He won in each of the first three years and shortly after, wisely took early retirement.
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Some call it the spreadsheet error heard 'round the world. The 2010 Reinhart-Rogoff paper, Growth in a Time of Debt, was the most authoritative report…
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The financial media are full of suggestions for timing the stock market. We usually discredit those schemes on Money Matters, but this month we talk about…
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Financial commentator Greg Heberlein has just returned from a vacation in Vietnam and Cambodia. While there, he couldn't help but notice how westernized…
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When publicly held companies have excess cash, they often face two main choices: issue dividends, or buy back shares from the marketplace.Both actions are…
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It's the second week of March and April 15th will be here before you know it. Have you started preparing your 2012 income tax return yet?On this week's…
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Financial commentator Greg Heberlein firmly believes the stock-market axiom that says "history repeats, but never exactly". So when he see the market at…
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According to an old adage on Wall Street, "as goes January, so goes the year".Last month, we cast aspersions on the "January effect" as a predictive tool.…
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When it comes to collecting Social Security, there’s a way for some people to “have their cake and eat it, too”.On this week's Money Matters, Greg…
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Investors encounter numerous indices claiming to predict the future. Some are ridiculous, and some are based on facts. But most are worthless.This week on…
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HomeStreet, a Seattle bank company, sold its first shares publicly on Valentine’s Day, 2012. It's been a love affair with investors ever since.This is a…