Perfect Wave / Shutterstock.com Your 50s are a pivotal decade. You are near enough to retirement to feel its hot breath on your neck, and that can be a good thing. It sharpens your focus at a time when you may still have 10 or 15 years of work left, so there’s time to fatten … Read more
Oleg Gekman / Shutterstock.com Your peepers are precious. They help you to see the world around you, from appreciating a beautiful sunset to spotting a car that is about to run a red light. You only get two eyes, so you want to take care of them. Unfortunately, there are things you do every day … Read more
pikselstock / Shutterstock.com Small businesses are the heart of the U.S. economy. Small businesses represent 99.9% of all businesses in the U.S., collectively employing nearly half of all U.S. employees and generating nearly half of U.S. annual GDP, according to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration. But the past two years have been treacherous … Read more
Gas prices are plunging around the U.S., and any day now drivers could be paying less at the pump than they did a year ago. The national average is likely to dip below $3 in the coming weeks as well. The price for a gallon of gas has fallen by about 32 cents in the … Read more
Twitter has been in the news continuously for the past several months. Elon Musk acquired the social media company for approximately $44 billion, taking it private in a transaction surrounded by drama and intrigue. The media covered the takeover and subsequent court cases with great fervor. But underneath the theatrics, Twitter has been striving to … Read more
If you’ve caught an episode of the TV series Shark Tank, you may have seen Mark Cuban, one of the longest-appearing Sharks. Cuban has invested nearly $20 million in more than 80 small businesses since joining the show in 2012. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Mark Cuban has an estimated net worth of approximately $5 … Read more
Pop Paul-Catalin / Shutterstock.com As 2022 has marched forward, it’s become increasingly clear that the slowdown in the U.S. housing market is going to stick around for at least a little while. That reality is causing some home sellers to throw in the towel. In many cities, large numbers of sellers are removing their listings … Read more
How much does your favorite actress make? It’s tantalizing to speculate about Hollywood actresses’ fabulous lifestyles and astronomical paychecks. If you are curious to know which starlets are raking in the most, this article is for you. You might have randomly searched: “highest-paid actress.” Which names appear on the screen? Natalie Portman? Scarlett Johansson? Emma … Read more
Prostock-studio / Shutterstock.com The coronavirus pandemic taught many of us that there’s still truth to that Boy Scout motto: Be prepared. Many people who didn’t have a just-in-case stash of bathroom tissue regretted it, as toilet paper disappeared from the shelves at many suddenly picked-over stores. TP or not TP, there are plenty of other … Read more
Every Friday I recap “news you can use” from the week: a handful of quotes from major (and often expensive) news sources, so you can stay up to date on the news that affects your money without spending a dime and in less than a minute. Here’s an overview of what happened this week. Powell … Read more