Why a 29-year-old who made $132,000 last month drives a 14-year-old car with 137,000 miles on it

After paying off $40,000 in student loans with his wife, Bobby Hoyt quit his job as a teacher three years ago to focus on his personal finance blog, Millennial Money Man, and online entrepreneurship venture, Laptop Empires, full-time. Now, things are truly starting to take off. In January alone, the 29-year-old’s income topped $155,000, mostly […]

Retirement Savings Better Than Ever

America’s collective readiness for retirement is improving, according to Fidelity’s latest Retirement Savings Assessment study. The study distills America’s retirement readiness into a single score representing the percentage of estimated retirement income that the average saver will require. According to the current study, America’s combined retirement score is 80 – meaning that the average American […]

Warren Buffett’s big life lesson to students: Don’t borrow money like Donald Trump

Warren Buffett warned students about the perils of using debt and leverage decades ago, using Donald Trump as a negative case study. Buffett was asked by a Notre Dame student about Trump’s business troubles during a question-and-answer session in 1991. Trump’s Atlantic City Taj Mahal casino filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection later that year. […]