“So, just how exactly do you plan on filling your time in early retirement?” she asked me, pen and pad in hand, ready to record my exact answer to the quiz. I was a little taken aback. Sure, early retirement sounds great, and I’ve been drawn to some notion of it for as long as […]
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Shopping for a $50 Million Dollar Vacation Home
Picture this: I’m having a great time last week on vacation in Aspen, Colorado. I’m skiing down the side of a beautiful mountain trail, when I stumble upon this condo complex: “Wow, that’s a nice complex,” I think to myself. “Hey wait, that condo building only has one garage…” I realize. It hits me. That’s […]
Learning About Money from Mr. & Mrs. Miser
Meet the Misers. The misers are an undeniably frugal couple whose story teaches us all a valuable lesson about managing our money. The misers live a boring lifestyle, or at least that’s what everyone says. You see, the misers have experienced economic collapse first hand, and the hardship left a scar of frugality deeply ingrained in their approach […]
Are Millennials Starting a Financial Revolution?
The Overton Window is a term used by media pundits to describe the range of ideas the public will accept. In the past, the elite has been able to control the conversation and keep ideas neatly within the window. This applied to everything from politics to career choices. Today, a tiny little thing called the internet isn’t […]
The 5 Most Hilariously Amusing TV Scams of All Time
There’s something oddly satisfying about wasting a sleepless night on the ridiculous products peddled by infomercial pitchmen. Laugh all you want, but this segment is big business aimed right at your hard working dollars – the infomercials market is estimated as a staggering $250 billion-dollar industry. Most of these products are outrageous at best, but […]
