Personal finance: How much do you need to retire?
"Experts" say you need at least $1M+ to retire, yet real world data says that is probably not true. Dueling experts go at each other on the topic.
Personal Finance: Should you buy long term care insurance?
The answer is that for many, perhaps most, the answer is no. You are better starting well in advance and self insuring.
Personal finance: Median retirement age is 62
Half of workers are retired by age 62, including many who had thought they would be working longer.
Follow up: January 2024 weather forecast
Looks like they got half a dozen states correct, and maybe 44 wrong?
Economy: When the government is the economy
In major countries, the government is now 25% to nearly 50% of the economy?
Demographics, Finance: The price of happiness
How much money do you need to be happy? How is wealth created?
Demographics, finance: Financial literacy not high?
1 in 3 Gen Z borrowers can’t afford to go home for the holidays (cnbc.com) The majority of Gen Zers, 66%, plan to take on debt to get through the…
Finance: 1 in 4 Americans have debts from last year’s holiday shopping
1 in 4 Americans are paying off debt from last year's holiday spending; 1 in 5 have applied for another credit card so they can spend more this year.
Media: “The cost of homeownership spiraled upwards last year”
Everything about financing a home purchase surged last year, from mortgage rates to fees and discount points, according to a report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on mortgage costs.…