Yesterday was Good Friday. Tomorrow is Easter Sunday. This marks the culmination of Holy Week, the most important days on the Christian calendar. Ask most believers about the significance of those days, and they’ll tell you that Jesus Christ was crucified …. Read More
Are you an easy target for Internet fraud? You are if you are not exercising due care with the security of your online accounts. Here is a quick refresher course of safety principles to keep in mind: 1. Email is ground zero. …. Read More
The previous entry was about Internet hoaxes and apocryphal stories. Not everything on the Web is what it seems to be. That little truism stands front and center when you have a blog with comments enabled. One of the great things about …. Read More
For those of you too young to remember, there was no digital media in the 1970s. People listened to prerecorded music on magnetic tape. You know…cassettes. One famous series of commercials for Memorex brand cassettes suggested that the tape had such high …. Read More
Primum non nocere. “First, do no harm.” That phrase is indelibly etched in the public mind as being at the core of medical ethics. Perhaps it should be a core concept of financial management as well. While most people are looking for …. Read More
A tiny confession: I am not an adrenaline junkie. Some people thrive on risk. You know the type: downhill skiing on the black diamond trails; riding triple-looping roller coasters; investing in leveraged ETFs. The high-risk activities are fun when they work well, …. Read More
I was perusing a large, respected consumer finance website when I saw one of “those” headlines. The ones that grab your attention and make you do a double take. This one was entitled “Early Retirement Without a Fortune.” The introductory paragraph went …. Read More
