A successful entertainer was recently outed as allegedly having a financial net worth in the billions of dollars, not due to earnings from work in the industry, but Old Money in the family. The entertainer, who shall go unnamed here, was not handed stardom on a silver platter. The person in question attended prep school … More Poor Form Regarding Privacy
It’s that season again: Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Administrative Assistant’s Day–manufactured holidays that put social pressure on us to purchase greeting cards, gifts, and the like in order to show our appreciation for someone once a year. Few things irritate me more than seeing hoards of people living on moderate-to-limited incomes throwing money away on … More Let’s Skip The Manufactured Holidays
Ominous headlines abound: the economy is growing less; extended unemployment is not uncommon; adult children are moving back in with their parents; people are living longer and, thanks to inflation, able to save less. Given this new reality, retirement–the concept of leaving a job or profession permanently in order to live out one’s days in … More Forget Retirement
The Old Money Book makes a perfect gift for the high school or college graduate. Concise, informative, and entertaining, it tells the graduate everything you’ve tried to tell him or her for years. It’s just somebody else saying it. And sometimes, that makes all the difference. Buy it today: Barnes & Noble Nook…Amazon Kindle. Thank … More A Gift for the Graduate