9 Secrets to Save Money on a Shoestring Budget
Make saving a cinch with these lesser-known tricks. Building an emergency fund, creating a nest egg for retirement and socking away money for your children’s college fund are fundamental steps to ensure long-term financial well-being. But how do you save money when you’re on a stringent budget? While it can be challenging to set money aside on […]
Most Americans Don’t Know About These 2 Simple Ways to Boost Your Retirement Savings
Retirement can be a complicated topic. From translating all the complex financial jargon to understanding how much you should be saving for your golden years, it can sometimes feel like trying to learn a foreign language. And because finance isn’t always the most exciting topic to think about, many people simply aren’t very knowledgeable about […]
4 ways we don’t make rational money decisions as we reach retirement
No one lives forever. So why, 18 years into retirement, have individuals generally spent only 20% of their nest egg? Why, if people want to conserve their assets, do nearly half of Americans take Social Security benefits at the earliest possible age of 62 — receiving only about 70% of the full benefit available at […]
How To Get Unstuck In Your Personal Finances
Transforming one’s personal finances is a complex process. While originally created for a different purpose, Dr. Mary Lippitt’s complex change management model is highly applicable to financial change. This particular change model illustrates each essential component of complex change and the problem that results when that component is missing. This makes it particularly useful in […]
Stratolaunch completes the first flight of the world’s largest airplane
The aircraft is designed to carry rockets into orbit. Stratolaunch is making some history even as it scales back its ambitions — the company has successfully flown the world’s largest aircraft, the Scaled Composites Stratolaunch, for the first time. The dual-fuselage rocket hauler took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port soon after 10AM […]
FBI-related breach reportedly compromised federal agents’ details
The hackers broke into at least three FBI-affiliated websites. A group of hackers has exploited the flaws of at least three FBI-affiliated websites and leaked thousands of federal and law enforcement agents’ personal details. According to TechCrunch, the group infiltrated websites run by the FBI National Academy Association. It’s a nonprofit dedicated to promoting law […]
Amazon may be working on a free, ad-supported music service
It would take Spotify head-on as soon as next week. Amazon might compete more directly with Spotify in the near future. Billboard sources maintain that Amazon is in talks to debut a free, ad-supported service as soon as next week. You’d only have access to a “limited catalog,” but this would also give you something […]
SpaceIL plans second private Moon lander despite crash
It’s not giving up despite initial setbacks. SpaceIL’s first attempt at a private Moon landing didn’t go according to plan. However, that isn’t deterring the team from giving it another shot. Founder Morris Khan has announced that the team will build another Beresheet lander and “complete the mission.” The task force behind the new lander […]
Stocks to Watch: First Capital Realty Inc. (TSX:FCR) Up +2.34%
At close of market on Friday, First Capital Realty Inc. (TSX:FCR) stock finished trading at +2.34%, bringing the stock price to $21.41 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $21.09 and a high of $21.41. The company’s stock was traded 3,325 times with a total of 793,338 shares traded. First […]
Stocks to Watch: Hydro One Limited (TSX:H) Up +1.38%
At close of market on Friday, Hydro One Limited (TSX:H) stock finished trading at +1.38%, bringing the stock price to $21.28 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $20.94 and a high of $21.28. The company’s stock was traded 2,799 times with a total of 692,422 shares traded. Hydro One […]