Watch this video on YouTube More than a fourth of Americans think the best long-term investment is money in the bank. This is the rather discouraging result of a July survey by Bankrate. One of its questions was, “For money you wouldn’t need for more than...
Watch this video on YouTube How old is “old?” I don’t know exactly, but after my recent birthday I can say that it’s much older than 58. My 12-year-old son told me, “Dad, I’ve always thought of people who are over 60 as being really old....
Watch this video on YouTube Almost everyone has a story about a cousin or an aunt who bought a box of junk at an auction and found in it a diamond ring worth several hundred dollars. Every once in a while a valuable painting by a famous artist turns up in...
Watch this video on YouTube Are you a spender or a saver? According to Scarborough, a market research firm, only 9% of adults in the U.S. label themselves as spenders. This is the percentage who “mostly agree” with the statement, “I am a spender...
Watch this video on YouTube The middle class. Marketers target it. Politicians champion it. Economists talk about it. Most of us consider ourselves part of it. Yet, when I’ve asked for a clear definition, I have not found anybody yet that really can tell me what...
