Jacobius, Arleen
American workers are only a little less confident in their ability to retire with enough money now than a year ago, but they still are failing to compute how much they need to save. Twenty-one percent of workers think they will have enough money to retire comfortably, down from 23 percent...
As a result, we had to reinvest more of our investment income than originally planned, instead of spending it. Additionally, we needed to generate supplemental retirement income through writing, Uber driving, tennis coaching, and part-time consulting. Doing What You Enjoy Makes Your FI Journey B...
The sad part about wondering whether 10 million dollars is enough to retire comfortably is that plenty of people who make a lot of money still go broke. Just look at so many ex-NFL players who end up with very little soon after their careers are over. The reason why they end up broke...
Direct stock purchase plans allows people who want to make a smaller investment invest directly into individual stocks. Years ago, these plans were all the rage. There were two reasons for this. First, you needed enough money to buy a good number of shares and you could only buy whole shar...
I was on my ex-husbands payroll for the forest 2 years after our divorce which got me to the minimum needed to even be able to be eligible for a healthcare subsidy But now I am not in that and I have had numerous health issues the past 2 years which I can’t get a job really...
They described the devastation they felt when losing crops due to weather, “he broke down right in the middle of the field because it was a high value crop that he absolutely needed to make the bill payments.” One farmer described “watching [their] crops wither away and just feeling ...