On Being Retired, On Money, On Everything Else
The use of the word super has become so commonplace that people do not realize it has lost its meaning as a superlative. Let’s see how many definitions you agree with.
Supermarket. What is so super about a supermarket? Nothing. Yes, I know Continue reading “There is No Super, Or Very Little”
The current rise in the “sharing economy” has some predicting major shifts Continue reading “Does The Private Automobile Have A Future?”
There’s a boatload of online retirement calculators available, many are free. Enter “retirement calculator” in Google and Continue reading “Retirement Calculators: Worth It? Helpful? Accurate?”
You see articles from time to time in mainstream news sites about how some people retire and live in a foreign country where the cost of living is lower. These articles Continue reading “Considering Living Abroad in Retirement?”
What could be wrong about credit cards?
After all, they allow credit, which has expanded the economy. They allow me to Continue reading “An Ethical Dilemma in Using Credit Cards? Is There Such a Thing?”
With growing numbers of countries and automobile manufacturers saying they will turn their backs on the petroleum-powered internal combustion engine and transition to electric vehicles, Continue reading “Is It Time To Sell Oil Stocks?”
The Mechanics of Money Part 1 is the nuts and bolts on how I arrange my checking and savings accounts, here . Part 2 is about how I use credit cards here .
In The Beginning, You Save
While investing is important for one’s future, Continue reading “The Mechanics of Money (Part 3): How I Invest”
This is Part 2 of a series on the nuts and bolts of how I manage my money. In this part, I discuss credit cards. Part 1 covered savings and checking isĀ here
The proper use of credit cards.
The proper use of a credit card is Continue reading “The Mechanics of Money (Part 2): How I Use Credit Cards”
This is Part 1 of a series on the nuts and bolts of how I manage my money. In this first part, I discuss how I use checking and savings accounts.
Normal income gets deposited (hopefully Continue reading “The Mechanics of Money (Part 1): How I Use Checking and Savings Accounts”
Forget everything you learned in Economics Class about the Demand Curve and its brother the Supply Curve. Every time you pull into a gasoline station, you are participating in a market that ranges from inefficient to manipulated.
The first fact to consider is that speculation in the oil markets Continue reading “The Law of Supply and Demand is a Lie”