The MoneyCurio blog
Short, data-driven stories about money — built from the same public data that powers our tools. No hot takes, no stock tips; just numbers worth knowing.
July 28, 2026
What $1,000 invested ten years ago would be worth today
NVIDIA turned $1,000 into $73,600 in ten years — beating Bitcoin. But both fell over 50% along the way. The full, honest numbers.
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July 28, 2026
What is $100 from 1990 worth today? It depends wildly on where you lived
In Japan prices barely moved since 1990. In Brazil they multiplied 200,000-fold. A data tour of 35 years of inflation across 10 countries.
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July 28, 2026
How long would it take to count a billion dollars?
One dollar per second, day and night: a million takes 12 days, a billion takes 31.7 years. The math that makes billionaire wealth graspable.
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July 28, 2026
The same salary feels rich in one country and tight in another. Here's the math
A $60,000 salary feels like $96,000 in Japan and $54,000 in Switzerland. Price-level data from the World Bank explains why geography changes your paycheck.
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