For my twelfth birthday, my parents gave me a DVD of The Fast and the Furious. It was unlike anything I’d ever seen. I remember watching it over and over again, pausing to get a better look at the cool cars. The car that held my attention was Paul Walker’s Mitsubishi Eclipse. Once I turned […]
It is the newest craze to hit teens and 20-somethings across the globe. Or, the newest craze to come back from the dead and become popular again as Pokémon was huge in the 1990’s. Pokémon Go — on the surface — seems like a relatively easy game that passes time with little need for complex thinking. […]
I’ve spent a lot time thinking about my financial situation the past few weeks. Part of that has to do with my newer, bigger tax bill as a result of my recent divorce, as well as the medical bills resulting from breaking my wrist a few weeks ago. I’m fortunate that I have resources and […]
April Fool’s Day is known for for its fun, (mostly) harmless tradition of trickery. It can certainly be entertaining to find out how gullible your friends and family are, but if you’re the gullible one, it might not seem as fun. Falling for pranks and false information on April Fool’s Day is understandable considering the […]
Going out again the next day to participate in Small Business Saturday might be low on your agenda if you went out and faced the crowds on Black Friday, but it shouldn’t be. Small Business Saturday doesn’t just present another opportunity to shop, but to shop better. In 2010, American Express launched Small Business Saturday, […]
In the past couple of years, the financial media has been full of stories about the risk aversion experienced by millennials. According to surveys and studies, millennials are reluctant to invest in the stock market. Many of them came of age in time to watch their parents lose retirement money in the aftermath the financial […]
