Archives for May 2015

This week, former Secretary of State and 2016 United States presidential candidate Hillary Clinton created her first LinkedIn profile and then immediately published a blog post titled  “Four Ways to Jump-Start Small Business.” It has already generated at least 50 comments, and most of them are quite negative. Clinton, who will likely win the presidency […]

Usually when we discuss student loan debt, we think of millennials with liberal arts degrees and a $25,000 debt. However, we never look at some of the biggest financiers of a college education: older Americans, seniors and retirees. Ostensibly, older people are bearing the brunt of the $1.2 trillion student debt. Over the past decade, […]

Here are a few facts regarding the current finances of the United States of America: Nearly $20 trillion in national debt A $500 billion federal budget deficit $120 trillion in funded liabilities and expenditures An insolvent Social Security and Medicare system A national private debt total of $16 trillion Indeed, there is a lot of […]

How do you feel about a cashless society? Imagine a place where we never use cash and instead all of our purchases are made by the flick of our wrists, the rhythm of our heartbeats, mobile devices and the list goes on. The theme of this past month has been a cashless society. Ostensibly, in […]

Let’s face it: there’s a lot of worrying and sleepless nights when owning a home. There are a lot of costs that come with being a homeowner, especially when compared to a renter. Meanwhile, renting an apartment comes with fewer headaches, less costs and a lot more flexibility than purchasing a $650,000 house. Of course, […]