CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX If you read the news sources OR talk with the average person you would IMAGINE that the economy is in shambles and that no one can afford a can of cat food. Neither of those things is true, of course. First, the inflation rate is actually VERY GOOD. Any inflation number below 3.21% is …
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GUEST POST from Don – Can I Retire?
CAN I RETIRE? Retirement requires a bit of math. You’ll need to know your sources of INCOME? Will you have a pension, business income (even sharpening mower blades), and Social Security? The more “sources” of income the better. Are you planning to live off your savings (see if you can delay that)? You can’t retire until you know how much …
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GUEST POST from Don – Comments on News
COMMENTS ON NEWS Fox reports: “MSNBC’s Jen Psaki turns church school shooting into attack on prayer, Trump’s DC crime crackdown” Psaki intoned the long-used rhetoric that “prayer is not enough.” She thinks (wrongly) that more legislation is needed. In my experience (50 years of watching politics), it is clear that legislation is not enough either. There have been at …
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CO-HABITATION: SO, YOU ARE GOING TO MOVE IN? Part Three
CO-HABITATION: SO, YOU ARE GOING TO MOVE IN?Part Three In Part One we discussed how to prepare. In Part Two we looked at financial decisions for setting up your temporary household, avoiding the headaches of over-complication, and how not to entangle your finances too early. In this part we will talk more deeply about Permanence and why …
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GUEST POST from Don: Talking About Money
TALKING ABOUT MONEY (This was written in April, 2023) Friday was a big day. My accountant told me how much tax I still owed for 2022. Stunned! It was a heap! Estimated tax payment for first quarter, 2023 was due by the same deadline. That was another, albeit smaller, heap. They were a heap more than expected. Monday I was rich …
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