Tomorrow is election day in the United States, and it looks like we will get the ideal investor outcome. Gridlock! After two years of Republican control, it looks like Congress will swing to the Democratic Party. That means very little will get done with Trump vetoing any legislation that squeaks through. The Democratic control will not strong enough to override that. Investors love certainty, and … Continue reading Investor Certainty

It has been a while since I looked closely at what we are paying for health insurance. I knew it had been going up, but I didn’t look at it until a MegaCorp colleague asked me about it how much it was. When I retired in 2016, health insurance was one of the biggest unknowns in our FIRE financial plan. Unlike most retirees, we needed … Continue reading Health Insurance Inflation Continues

One of the interesting things about personal finance is that we rarely know how we’re doing compared to everyone else. It’s a bit of a mystery as most people don’t share such private information. Sure, we hear plenty about billionaires in the news, but what does a typical American household actually have? And how does that change with age? My MegaCorp boss, Don, sent me … Continue reading How Do You Compare?