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 […]
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 […]
How To Prevent Suck-cess
“Neo, sooner or later you’re going to realize just as I did that there’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.” — Morpheus, from The Matrix. *** Every once in awhile, someone will contact me asking for help. They want to start saving money or maybe they just want simple term insurance. […]