Monthly Archives: December, 2020

You Can Be a F.I.R.E. Starter

I want you to visit my series on FIRE, Financial Independence, Retire Early, here: Living Your Best Life: FIRE!: Are you familiar with the FIRE...

Regulators Call for More Money Market Fund Reform

Financial regulators are finally admitting money market reforms put in place during the last crisis are insufficient to prevent runs on America’s non-Treasury money...

Enjoying Christmas in a New Home Was Pricey This Year

When new home sales are falling because there isn't enough supply to meet demand, the only short term solution to balance the market is...

Investors Gorging on Blank Check IPOs

Blank check IPOs, where public offerings are made with the promise to buy another company, have seen a record $78 billion raised this year....

Dividends Can Get You Through Times Like These

In times like these, dividends can get you through. My father-in-law, Dick Young, explains the power of dividends below. He writes: There are few histories...

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State Taxes: Time to Flee?

Your Survival Guy just received the latest State Tax...

MIT Develops Soft Robot Muscle with Coordinated Flexing

Jennifer Chu at MIT News reports that MIT engineers...

What Do You Want from Life, Lazy Cash?

You know what needs to be done. Why, then,...

The $200 Cup of Joe

In my conversations with you, we talk about what...

BIDEN’S AMERICA: Foreign Investment Fell to $151 Billion in 2024

Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that in 2024, Joe...

GAO Report: Five Agencies Hold 98% of IIJA Grant Funds

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated $711.8...

US Plans More Tanker Seizures to Pressure Maduro Regime

The US seizure of a tanker carrying $80 million...

EIA Forecasts First Decline in Crude Production Since 2021

The latest US Short-Term Energy Outlook projects crude oil...

Your Fairly Rich Children and Grandchildren

You are to be congratulated. Because living in the...

AWS’s New Data Center Strategy

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is transitioning its data center...