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I Should have made Small-Scale Investment Risks (in Myself) long ago

Allen Francis / March 2nd, 2020 / No Comments

Several years ago, I converted a small academic pension into a decade long annual annuity. I used to be a teacher and an academic adviser many years ago. So, I had a small pension that I could have looked forward to in old age. A mini-retirement nest egg. When I converted my pension into an annuity, the investment and pension company created a contract where I would receive an annual payment for a...

Posted in: Business, Career, Career and Work, Education, Money, Personal Finance, Philosophy Tagged with: business

Countries Where you can buy a Second Passport

Allen Francis / February 20th, 2020 / No Comments

One of my favorite plot tropes in action films is when the agent/spy/hero goes to a safe deposit box in a secure location, pulls out numerous documents, the currency of multiple countries, and plots their next move. I would always imagine that it was I who was shuffling multiple passports of various countries and contemplating my next move. Well, you can’t own a dozen passports like Jason Bourne...

Posted in: Business, Career, Career and Work, Life Hacks, Money, Personal Finance, Philosophy, Real Estate, Retirement, Travel Tagged with: passport

I Recognize Charity Scams now – Giving Blindly is like Burning $

Allen Francis / February 14th, 2020 / No Comments

Charity scams are always successful because people are always willing to give trust on demand, and ignore flaming warning signs, for causes they want to believe in. When I talk about charity or donation scams, this can refer to large scale charity corporations all the way down to street buskers yodeling off-key in the hopes of getting your spare bucks. I used to give money to people on the street...

Posted in: Money, Philosophy Tagged with: charity

$2,245 For A Peloton Bike? Here Are Affordable Ways To Stay In Shape

Allen Francis / December 12th, 2019 / No Comments

(Image by Steve Jurvetson via CC BY 2.0 ) I don’t think outrage culture is a new concept at all. It has only become more instantaneously recognizable in the age of the internet. I think outrage culture is just weaponized procrastination by any other name. Or, a celebration of procrastination culture. It’s one thing to offer constructive criticism, and culturally time-sensitive smart-aleck...

Posted in: Health, Life Hacks, Money, Philosophy, Saving Money, saving money Tagged with: peloton