Online access to your retirement benefits This is a follow up post to my original post regarding my investigation about why my social security estimated benefit statements stopped arriving. The last one I had received was in 2015. One of the nice things about living in New York city is spotting the occasional actor or […]
It’s about the future Anyone who remembers that line from the movie “The Graduate” might have mixed emotions about it. If you’re not familiar with the scene or the movie, take a look here. Was he correct? Did the young “Graduate” take his advice? My one word today, would be……wait for it. Google. This may […]
This is personal Way back in 7th grade, I’ll never forget how I felt that day. My desk neighbor and I were kicking around our bank account balance totals. Don’t ask me why, but I think it had something to do with “Birthday money” or gifts, etc. Actually, I think we were talking about purchasing […]
Watching the grass grow I enjoy most of the financial blogs that I follow. However, I must say, most of their advice centers around the basic “Buy Low and Sell high” theory. Actually, it’s even worse than that. I call it the “No brainer path to becoming a millionaire”. Cut your expenses to the bone […]
Time to think Lying in a hospital bed for 4 days, I had a lot of time to think. I thought mostly about my wife of 27 years and how she would get along financially, without me. You see, I’ve always been the one that managed every aspect of our finances. If there was an […]
It’s hard out here for a…..writer When I launched this blog over a year ago now, I must admit, I thought it would be a little bit easier. At least to get random traffic. Boy was I wrong. I was NOT expecting, “que the crickets”, that’s for sure. Man, the internet has changed a lot […]