Investing

Starving Seniors

The days of working somewhere and retiring with a pension for life are pretty much gone. 401K is meant to take the place and people get the opportunity to choose how much money to put in. Assuming, of course, that their employer offers it. My previous job did have a program […]

7-11

We saw the sign (we = I, who then pointed) as we were walking out of the convenience store for coffee. It is a great mystery of the universe that Starbucks is so wildly popular when coffee from 7-11 tastes better and is 1/3 of the price. I know people who purchase 2 […]

The Comparatively Rich

Lunch today was with a wholesaler of Variable Annuities. They all have their hook. This company offered lower guaranteed returns than some, 5%, but lump sum options that only they have. They have a patent pending on it.
Which reminds me, I need to patent a couple of my inventions. My major […]

Not Quite Sharking

Wall Street Journal last week had an article aimed at people who needed to borrow money at more favorable rates using peer to peer lending. I had talked to my spouse a few days prior because I wanted do something about the craptastic 1% our bigger savings account is making. The […]