Investments

If you’ve read the other articles in our “Retire at 55” Learning Path, then you know what a challenge it can be to save up enough money to comfortably retire at such a young age. We’ve talked about budgeting to lower your expenses and taking on gig work to earn (and save) more each month. […]

In the other articles in our “Retire at 55” series, we’ve talked a lot about “saving” for retirement. But the truth is that you will never be able to save enough money to retire (and certainly not retire early) if you simply stash it away in a savings account. Instead, when we say “saving” for […]

One of the ways you can create a good revenue stream is to become involved in income investing. Income investing is all about making solid, relatively safe investment choices that actually produce regular income. This can include interest-bearing investments like bonds and some cash products. It can also include dividend stocks. If you’ve ever wondered […]

Stock markets saw a rapid decline towards the end of February 2020. Stoked by fears over the spreading coronavirus and its potential impact on businesses, the market suffered. Investors were dumping stocks and fleeing to safe havens such as bonds and gold. The S&P 500 Index saw a 20% decline in the first quarter of […]