Mastering Money 8/14/20

Many retired investors today are hoping, waiting, and praying for interest rates on safe bonds to go up so they can retire in safety. According to economic analysis by a growing number of economists, they may be hoping, praying, and waiting a long time. ...

Mastering Money 8/26/20

Joe Biden likes to brag about his record of handling pandemics, and likes to criticize Donald Trump for over five million COVID infections. But did you know that SIXTY million Americans got infected by the H1N1 Swine Flu– that Biden was in charge of in...

Mastering Money 7/14/20

Apple–the company– has been one of the most prolific success stories on Wall Street for more than three decades. Apple, the stock, has created a lot of wealth for those who bought early and simply hung on. Apple first sold shares to the public on Dec. 12,...

Mastering Money 7/28/20

What if a DISASTER wiped out the world’s food supply, destroyed huge crops of wheat, corn, and rice, and the seeds for all of the successful grain species on the earth became endangered?  Right now, not too far from the North Pole, a large, very...

Mastering Money 7/30/20

Social Security benefits are one of the most important sources of income for retired Americans, and deciding when to start taking monthly checks from Social Security is a key element of almost everyone’s financial plan for retirement.  One of the arguments...