Personal Finance: Most American retirees doing “okay financially”
That is not the impression you get from the doomerism media, but the data shows 80-85% of retirees say they are doing okay.
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Economy: The most important 40 minutes of your life
The most important video you can watch today. Or tomorrow or any day this year. If we do not act on our budget deficit problem, the U.S. will eventually collapse…
Personal finance: Are home warranties worth it? No.
Basically, no: Are home warranties worth it? Seller provided home warranties are a scam to entice buyers to think if something goes wrong, they will be protected by the home…
Economy: Who pays how much of Federal income tax revenue?
High income earners pay most of the Federal income taxes collected by the Federal government.
Personal Finance: Surveys of retirement savings are wrong
Another survey of retirees "retirement funds" is bunk, as it counts only assets in designated retirement funds.
Retirement: Attributes of those who over saved for retirement
A select group oversaved for retirement, started saving/investing when young, lived modest life styles, says research.
Economy: Housing prices
1 in 3 say they will leave the U.S. (they won't), and Trump proposes deportations. If this happens, home prices will fall dramatically.
Where not to get stock advice?
Editor of Electrek.co boasts of selling all of his Tesla shares early in September. Since then, the share price is up by about $50/share.
Personal finance: “Living paycheck to paycheck”
Several times per year, the media runs stories about everyone living "paycheck to paycheck". For many reasons, these stories are mostly bogus.