Friends of ours who had enjoyed years of relative financial security decided in their late-fifties to sell the house they had owned for decades and buy their dream house. They admitted that the new house had stretched their finances, but they were confident that they would be okay financially as long as nothing went wrong. [...]
The key to achieving financial independence is passive income. In fact, financial independence is defined by passive income. Passive income is money you don’t have to work for. It is usually derived from some form of work you have done previously, work that continues to produce income over time without any additional effort on your [...]
The gigantic Mega Millions lottery jackpot is history. Three tickets contained the winning numbers that were drawn on Friday night. The owners of those tickets will split an estimated $656 million prize. If you were among the tens of millions of Americans who purchased tickets last week in the run-up to Friday night’s drawing, your [...]

