If you live in America, you might have heard a little something about the most dramatic change to the tax code in decades. This sweeping reform has left the news, blogs, and analysts setting themselves ablaze with speculation about how the plan will impact everyone. Who are the big winners? Who are the big losers? […]
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Does Money Buy Happiness? Instagram’s Most Ridiculous Playboy Shares the Truth
If Bruce Wayne were a real person, he’d be Dan Bilzerian. I thought I was really clever with that intro, until I saw GQ Magazine one-upped me. They describe Dan Bilzerian as, “a kind of Bruce Wayne-meets-Hugh Hefner for the social-media age,” which is much more descriptive and accurate. And here’s what might be his […]
Disgusting Negligence Earns Equifax $1.4 Billion
Last week I wrote about how Equifax managed to lose the most sensitive personal information for 46% of the American population. When I wrote the piece, I was pretty frustrated with Equifax’s lax treatment over my identity. A few days later, as I tried yet again to clean up Equifax’s mess by freezing my credit, […]
46% of Americans just had their most sensitive personal info stolen from Equifax – How to Protect Yourself from ID Theft
Step aside Target, Yahoo, and Playstation Network. Equifax, one of the three largest credit reporting agencies in the US, just inducted itself into the Poor IT Security Hall of Shame by announcing what’s turning into the most MASSIVE security breach of all time. Last week, Equifax announced a security breach that affected 143 million Americans. […]
What Professional Poker Taught Me About Investing
Back when online poker was legal in this country, I was an avid player. Wait, I’m being told online poker might not have ever been legal. A gray area is more accurate. In which case, the remainder of the article is about my entirely fictional friend. Anyway, at the time I was fascinated by the […]