Whether you are traveling overseas yourself or sending employees; worrying about flight times and foreign customs make it easy to overlook the risk of being kidnapped and/or extorted. Kidnapping for ransom is a billion-dollar worldwide business run by experts in…
US Debt-Ceiling Explained
Once again, the politician’s south of the border are wrangling over whether to increase the limit of the U.S. national debt-ceiling. It’s a serious matter, failure to do so could lead to defaulting on the U.S. federal debt. What is…
Financial Lessons Learned from my Mother
Mother’s Day is a special day dedicated to recognizing all the strong, independent, hardworking, and selfless women in our lives. Our mothers have helped shape us into the people we are today and taught us many valuable life lessons along…
10 Things to Do with Your Tax Refund
Well, with filing our taxes in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to turn our attention from receipts and filing compliance to what to do with our refunds. Understanding the urge to spend it on Amazon or Skip-the-Dishes, here are a…
Post-pandemic Retirement Trends
As life returns to normal post pandemic, industry experts have started to notice some changes in retirement trends. David Cravit explained these notable changes in a podcast by Fidelity Connects. According to him, the classic definition of retirement we have…