Is the World Still Round?
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- Category: Personal Finance
- Written by Eric D. Etshman
“Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.”
-Martin Sheen as Carl Fox, Wall Street
For centuries European explorers navigated the globe on what was then the prevalent assumption that world was flat, and that a terrible and unimagined fate befell those who traversed too close to it’s edge. While the scientific knowledge of the Earth’s roundness was said to be known as far back as the ancient Egyptians and through to the Greeks and even the Mayan civilization, you could argue that nobody knew for sure until Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe, a journey he did not survive, actually proved it.
FLESH OUT YOUR FINANCIAL SKELETON
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- Category: Retirement
- Written by Sherita Deal
As Halloween hovers on the horizon, the most frightening prospect for some adults has nothing to do with ghosts or goblins. Rather, it’s their scary lack of preparation when it comes to retirement planning.
We suggest a new activity: fleshing out your financial skeleton. Here are the rules.
FAST FACTS ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY
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- Category: Retirement
- Written by Loretta R. Hixenbaugh
When you think of Social Security, you probably think about a monthly payment for retired and disabled workers. But Social Security has a rich history full of interesting facts. The program has been around for almost 75 years, so there has been ample time to put together a list of fun facts and figures. Here are a few.
