The Dollars Weakens by the Day… When you’re a pig and you own a house made of brick, you don’t really care that the Big Bad Wolf is outside huffing and puffing belligerently. Short-sighted, to be sure. I mean, you’re a pig. To the entire world, you’re bacon on the hoof and everyone wants a [Read More] …
The Greatest Financial Gift You Can Give Your Loved Ones
Overcoming the Soaring Costs of Eldercare Saddest day of my life: December 24, 1989. I was living and working Southern California. My mom called from Louisiana. My grandfather—the man who raised me—had passed away. I remember the funeral. Crying on the shoulder of my best friend’s dad, wishing for one last fishing trip to Lake Rosemound, my grandfather’s favorite destination [Read More] …
How To Save on Reduced Taxes for the Next Decade in Portugal
Take Advantage of This Incredible Tax Program Before It’s Too Late A couple months back, I was standing in line at Denver International Airport waiting to board a flight to Newark. A bunch of us were huddled near the check-in desk at the gate as the flight’s boarding time approached. The gate agent grabbed the mic and announced, “Sorry, folks. You guys waiting for an [Read More] …
Get Cash Payouts Up to 47,000% Bigger Than You’ll Earn at the Bank
The Secret to Earning Passive Income in Retirement. I’ve spent most of my professional life studying and writing about personal finance… Heck, I even wrote The Wall Street Journal’s Complete Personal Finance Guidebook. So, I tend to field a lot of questions from friends, colleagues, and readers about the dos and don’ts of managing your [Read More] …
The Anti-Dollar Alliance Just Got Bigger
The Global Effort to Attack the Dollar Gathers Momentum. If Cinderella’s slipper was such a perfect fit… why did it fall off when she was running up those stairs? That’s the thing about fairy tales: We all buy into them because we’ve been trained to wait for the payoff, without paying attention to the details. [Read More] …