Dear Field Notes reader, Uncle Sam presented me with my first passport when I was 9 or 10 years old. Forty-plus years later I still remember the number: DO30591. I’m gonna say that little blue booklet clearly imprinted on me. I’m now on passport #6. The last one—before the State Department changed the rules—had been [Read More] …
Tesla, BMW, and a Historic Week for Crypto
I have a story today about BMW trying to save consumers more than $7 billion a year. It’s also a story about Tesla and a $1.5 billion investment. And it’s a story about me spending $893 at a Czech computer store. Ultimately, this is a story about cryptocurrency. But stick with me for a moment [Read More] …
A Risk-Free Way to Buy Bitcoin (No, Seriously)
“There is no way,” my childhood friend insisted, “that you’re earning 8.6% a year on a savings account.” That’s the way it goes with cryptocurrency—no one wants to believe you. So many have been so swayed by so much misinformation and misunderstanding from all manner of commentators that, at this point, they simply don’t trust [Read More] …
How to Make Money on Fiverr
Jeff: Hi, I’m Jeff Opdyke, and I am the editor of the Savvy Retiree, and I want to introduce you today to Alex Fasulo. She’s a freelancer for Fivrr, which is a freelance site where I do a bit of a bit of work myself. And I sort of regularly reference in my weekends Savvy Retiree columns and some [Read More] …
Grow Your Nest Egg by 8.6% a Year With This Safe, Stable Financial Tool
Do you remember when a basic savings account actually generated a bit of coin? I just checked: The last time we could earn anything north of 5%—the threshold most savers used to consider “solid income”—was the summer of 2007. Crazy to think that was more than 13 years ago. In those intervening years, we’ve become [Read More] …