I’ve often wondered what it would be like to float through my existence on this planet with complete and total ignorance. I wouldn’t know enough to worry about retirement. I’d simply spend to exist and not worry about what awaited me in the future. If I didn’t know any better, I wouldn’t worry about whether I’m saving enough. I also wouldn’t worry about losing my
Now, this article was a bit shocking to me, even though I’ve heard many of the statistics before. I knew that a lot of people don’t have a good understanding of how to build wealth over time, but 21% of the population thinking the easiest way to do it is by winning the lottery? And it’s higher depending on which demographic you look at. What
Suze Orman has some words of wisdom. She cites how everyone can save an extra $5000 per year by trimming lots of little expenses all year long. There are a few that work for me, such as stretching out the length of time between expensive haircuts, or saving the change from every purchase and then putting that money in the bank. What I think Suze
What a day! It all started when I had to wake up at 4:45 this morning. I had to be in the office at 6:00 am and then be in our VP’s office at 6:30 to give a presentation. Needless to say, I was a bit tired. Later in the day, I had a conversation with a young guy (20) who asked me a question
I had to blog about this article. I have a lot of feelings when it comes to living on social security because it’s what my parents are going to be doing. It can be done but it certainly isn’t ideal. If you have any debt, you probably can’t pull it off. Also, depending on how early you opt to start taking social security, you may
Investing in stocks is not my cup of tea. The trades that I have made, really haven’t gone all that good. I rode a couple dogs all the way down to the 0.00 price as they went under. Not sure why. I guess I just didn’t know what the heck I was doing. I did buy a little Microsoft. Of course, I bought it after