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Tag: financial independence

Play Wisely With FIRE Movement

Watch this video on YouTube “What do you think of the FIRE movement?” a reporter asked me recently. I told her I was ambivalent about it. The FIRE acronym in this context stands for “Financial Independence, Retire Early.” While a Harris poll...

Money Realities for New Adults: Toothpaste and Toilet Paper

Watch this video on YouTube The daughter of one of my clients left home right after high school graduation for a full-time job and part-time college classes. As she was settling into her first apartment, she told her mother, “I never thought I’d be the...

Are One in Five Americans the “New Rich”? Not Exactly.

Watch this video on YouTube The surest road to financial success and independence is a long one. That path includes working hard at a career you enjoy, living on less than you earn, taking educated and appropriate risks, and building wealth gradually through...