Posted by Richard on March 5, 2020
Baby Boomers (aged 54 to 74) are holding on to their beloved homes, but selling and downsizing now could not only save a lot of headaches, it could also make a tidy profit. Interest rates are low with the national average rate hovering around 3.6% to 3.9%. Buyers are plentiful. In most areas, there are […]
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Generation Z (ages 18-22) is in the workforce. The hyper-visual, technological natives see little, if any, distinction between working at home or office, physically or digitally. Gen Z’ers are skeptical, in a good way, and with the worldwide web at their fingertips, they’ve always been free to explore their options and alternatives. A Northeastern University […]
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A relatively new financial movement aims at financial independence and early retirement, sometimes extremely early retirement. And that’s the name of the movement: Financial Independence; Retire Early. Adherents say people can retire in their 40s or even 30s if they practice extreme saving and investing. The key idea is to enlarge the gap between necessary […]
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For thousands of years, possibly in every culture, humans carried cloth handkerchiefs. They were the privilege of wealthy humans. Evidence of handkerchiefs dates to 2000 BC, when wealthy Egyptians carried bleached white handkerchiefs made of expensive linen. In western culture, the handkerchief became art by the 14th century. Queens embroidered silk, lace handkerchiefs. They were […]
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