Americans spend $3,000 annually on take-out and in restaurants and usually on unimaginative, rote dining options. If you could eat out extravagantly and fantastically once this year, would you? How about a $430, locally sourced gourmet seafood meal? A meal that you can eat in the largest submerged restaurant in Norway? “Under” is the premier underwater restaurant […]
You may be someone looking to put in a few hours of extra work to boost your income or a full-time stay-at-home parent with an aim to earn a living while retaining a flexible schedule. Whatever your reasons, there are many ways you can make money with Google while working online from home. Millions of […]
Credit card debt can quickly become overwhelming due to high-interest rates. To alleviate this burden, many individuals turn to balance transfer credit cards as a potential solution. These cards allow you to transfer existing credit card balances to a new card with a lower or 0% introductory interest rate. While balance transfer credit cards offer […]
Many people who shop on Amazon view the online retailer as if it were a uniquely American Internet department store, a place where products for sale meet U.S. regulatory guidelines for consumer safety. The latest revelations are but another example of how big tech companies are no longer going to be given free rein to […]
Most people spend years looking forward to retirement, and then the first week arrives and feels surprisingly strange. The meetings are gone, the alarm is off, and the calendar is suddenly, completely open, and for a lot of people, that freedom is more disorienting than they expected. That’s normal, and it doesn’t mean anything is […]
Most articles about retirement-friendly states rehash the same short list, Florida, Texas, Wyoming, states that have been tax-friendly for decades. What those lists misses is the states that are actively changing their tax code in ways that put real money back in retirees’ pockets. This year, a handful of states made targeted moves that directly […]
Most married couples spend more time debating when to retire than they do thinking about how to claim Social Security, and that might be an expensive oversight. Social Security isn’t a single button you press when you’re ready to stop working, for couples, it’s a system with real strategic options and the difference between a […]
Multiple instances of deceptive data collection techniques conducted by social media companies have been revealed, prompting calls for regulations to circumscribe the ability of tech giants, such as Facebook, from transferring customers private data to third parties. Yet many consumers seem aware that their cable Internet service providers (ISPs) have been engaged in similar practices […]
Most of us spend the biggest chunk of our monthly budgets on groceries. What we spend in the grocery store plays a vital role in maintaining or breaking our monthly budget. Naturally, grocery stores always have a bagful of marketing tricks to make you spend more. It is up to us to look for ways to […]
Even though home ownership is considered the American dream, many young Americans can’t afford it. More than 78% of homeowners are 65 years old or older. Less than 36% of homeowners are under 35 years old. Yet apartment renting isn’t always the cheaper option either. San Francisco features the highest average national rent prices. A studio […]
