One of the most interesting websites I’ve been ogling lately is howmoneywalks dot com The website pulls publicly-available tax data from the IRS and shows how money flows to and from states. The IRS, if you weren’t already aware, tracks all your income for tax collection purposes. But, turns out, it also tells an interesting […]
Why tightwads and spendthrifts end up in the same ring of hell together
“In the first life beneath the sun, they were so skewed and squint-eyed in their minds their misering or extravagance mocked all reason” — Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy; Inferno *** Was reading an article recently about why so many people be bad with money. It got me thinking about Dante’s Inferno. The Inferno is […]
3 important things you need to know about your finances
Been reading some interesting commentary about Cambridge Analytica. That was the data analytics company that worked on President Trump’s campaign. So, the story is the company harvested private data from 50 million Facebook users using… Facebook. Edward Snowden had the most obvious comment of them all in this discussion… “Businesses that make money by collecting […]
How to banish money guilt
More uncomfortable-to-hear observations from Yours Unruly: When people don’t have money, they tend to feel envious, even when they won’t openly admit it to others (or themselves). If they do have money, they feel guilty… and paranoid about being a target for that envy. Methinx, deep down, people want to be “filthy” rich because they […]
Random conversations with financial experts
Warning: This is a long email. Following is a dramatization of actual discussions with various financial experts and life insurance agents: Financial expert: “Whole life insurance is expensive.” Answer: All life insurance is expensive. The main difference is how those costs are distributed over the life of the policyholder, out to his or her maximum […]