Best known for creating the 1980s title role of the Hawaii-based TV sleuth Magnum P.I. and his current role as Commissioner Frank Reagan on the show Blue Bloods, Tom Selleck is a well-known Boomer…
Ever since Hugh Hefner started publishing Playboy Magazine in the 1950s, cultural mores started changing its attitudes towards displays of risqué content. The subsequent decades some adult entertainment performers launched successful mainstream careers. For…
The Financial Independence Retire Early (F.I.R.E.) strategy embraced by Millennials and some Gen-Xers can be rewarding in unexpected ways. Founded on principles of thrift and aggressive growth-oriented investment, FIRE is designed so that average…
Digital-era entrepreneurs whose businesses exist entirely in cyberspace have unparalleled flexibility with their personal logistics. Not only can they work from anywhere they choose with a high-speed WiFi connection, but so can all of…
The flexibility of digital-related work has radically changed the nature of employment and the workplace. With the proliferation of work that is increasingly conducted exclusively in the cyber world, the “gig economy” and “side…
One of the steps that many financial advisors suggest that people do to efficiently manage their money is to make a budget. However, NY Times bestselling author, podcaster, and TV show host financial expert…
One of the perks of working in the Foreign Service division of the US State Department is the ability to fully immerse oneself in another nation and its culture while still enjoying the protections…
The last 30 years have seen tremendous innovations, discoveries, creations, and strides made in medicine, technology, finance, and communications. The Baby Boomer generation has endured 4 major wars, the creation of satellites and space…
When people from different cultures intermarry, communication is even more important in order to avoid unintended slights or nonaligned expectations that can cause rifts among the couple and their respective in-laws. Exacerbating matters further…
Money disputes are one of the most rancorous topics for estranged couples and are often a primary reason for divorce. Things inevitably get worse when in-laws and extended family get involved to make it…
In the past 24 months, the price of gold has hit 39 all-time new highs, which is the most in nearly a half century. Silver has also been on the rise of late, reaching…
Through a combination of hard work, prudent saving, money management, personal sacrifice, and smart investing, self-made millionaires justifiably feel that they have a right to enjoy the fruits of their labor without guilt or…
Credit cards have become an insidious yoke of debt around the necks of millions of people, especially usury levels of 20% interest or higher. Since FICO scores were adopted for credit references, they have…
The subjectivity of a question like “How much is enough?” is often predicated on demographic expectations. Statisticians and data analysts have spent countless years refining filters to better classify different demographic categories to better…
Perhaps one of the most pitiful aspects of modern society has been the erosion of the family. Divorce, politics, religion, money – all of these have divided families and created estrangement between spouses, parents,…
New York Times bestselling author, podcaster and TV personality Suze Orman is one of the most recognized personal finance voices in the country. On CNN's "Who's Talking to Chris Wallace," Orman declared that leasing…
Even before the economic upheavals caused by rampant inflation, retirement savings among millennials were lagging at a pace behind boomers when they were the same age. Big data-powered targeted marketing on our smartphones, laptops,…
The devastating inflation of the past four years has created a hand-to-mouth economic scenario for millions of Americans. The dearth of savings ability, due to escalated prices of essentials, has led to crushingly high…
Couples that take the F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence Retire Early) ethos to heart often get anxious the closer they approach their FIRE net worth Financial Independence number and fixate on the Retire Early aspect –…
The F.I.R.E. principle stands for Financial Independence Retire Early. At its core, it’s about calculating roughly 25 times one’s expenses, and then saving and investing enough to reach that sum and have passive income…
