Amongst my golf buddies, we have a different meaning for the term. Ball-hawking is the obsessive hunting for lost golf balls. It turns out that I have a hereditary skill, passed on from my father, to find lost golf balls. More about this family tradition later. Often while my buddies are scoping out their next […]
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Most of my buddies are in retirement, or are getting close. We spend a lot of time chatting about how to enjoy our retirement, and how we might have planned differently. I thought it would be worthwhile to gather some of that info here. Read on to learn about preparing for retirement. What Do I
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There has been a lot of excitement about taxing the rich via a tax on unrealized gains. Check out this article from CNN here. The title says: Ignore Social Media? In general, I agree with this strategy. Social media is a breeding ground for misinformation. The CNN article is clear that the proposed legislation targets
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If you’re anything like me, you want to spend as little time on taxes as possible. There’s nothing worse than seeing a huge chunk of our paycheck each week going to pay Federal, State, Local (maybe), Social Security, and sometimes other taxes. Yuck! But taxes serve a purpose. It’s nice to see the poor folks
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While we all celebrate our first Fed rate cut, and enjoy a robust stock market rally, don’t forget about plain old boring cash. Savings Account Interest When I was a kid, I would deposit my paper route money in my passbook savings account and I could depend on it growing at 5.25% each year. Pretty
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At last week’s at Apple’s glow time event, Apple announced a few long-awaited hearing improvements. As usual, the event focused on the newest iPhone with camera and chip improvements, but tucked in between the usual announcements was a series of enhancements to address hearing loss. While it may not be the Apple hearing aid that
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One of my first posts was on credit cards. I love using credit cards for the convenience, the rewards and for the automated transaction monitoring and alerts. Using credit cards also gives me an inventory of all my expenses, which I wouldn’t get by using cash. I can better track where my money goes. Credit
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I don’t do business with National Public Data, so why should I care? Here’s why. Data Brokers National Public Data is a data broker. In the post Your Parents Need Your Help, I talked about data brokers. Data brokers gather up data about us. Much of this is publicly available on social media sites, but
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I wear hearing aids – as you know if you’ve read my post here. Even with my hearing aids, hearing all the dialog in a movie or TV show is challenging. My wife and I argue over the volume level of the TV, and I’ve resorted to closed captions which annoys her and makes it
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In 2020, when I retired, I found myself in the awkward position where I was old enough to retire (I thought) but too young for Medicare. While Medicare has its own complexities (read more here), it is significantly cheaper than buying your own insurance. It was a fascinating journey. Here’s what I learned. Cost Before
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