It was a slow month in July. But at least I’m back in the black. 🙂 Household expenses were pretty normal, but incomes were above average; I received $800 of interest payments from a variety of loans such as P2P lending contracts and mortgage investment corporation funds. Yay! Liquid’s Financial Update *Side Incomes: Part-Time = $1100 Freelance = $700 Dividends… Read More »
One of the best thing we can do with our incomes is to deploy it as efficiently as possible. This means spending money on the highest priorities before paying for less important things. In 2015 I created a priorities list detailing how to spend one’s income to maximize financial success. The last time I updated that was chart was last… Read More »
A recent poll from Harvard University points out that 51% of young adults between 18 and 29 years of age do not support capitalism. 🙁 Only 42% said they support it. Of course the results of these kinds of surveys are not easy to interpret. Capitalism doesn’t have the same meaning for everyone. One explanation for the outcome… Read More »
We’re Living Longer I don’t know how the term “aging gracefully” can be a compliment. To me it just sounds like a nicer way of saying you’re slowly looking worse. 😛 When the government pension (CPP) was first introduced in the 1960s, the average life expectancy was about 71 years old. The idea was that most workers would retire at around… Read More »
U.S. Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.3% U.S. job growth slowed in May, which suggests the labor market was losing momentum despite the unemployment rate falling to a 16-year low of 4.3%. The problem with the unemployment number is that it doesn’t account for people who are out of the workforce because they gave up trying to find a… Read More »
Different Priorities for People in Different Income Groups According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, people from across the income spectrum have different priorities when it comes to their spending. The graph below from npr.org shows average spending patterns for U.S. households in 3 income categories — one just below the poverty line, one at the middle of the… Read More »