https://financebuzz.com/shop-costco-without-membership? No Membership? 7 Clever Ways Shop at Costco and Other Stores Without Paying the Annual Fee Deals aren’t just for members. Here’s how to shop like a member, without paying the annual fee. Last updated May 14, 2022 | By Jenny Cohen | Edited By Michele Zipp  FinanceBuzz is reader-supported. We may receive compensation from the products and services mentioned … Continue reading Ways to shop at Costco (and other stores) without being a member →

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/07/why-is-there-a-union-boom.html Employees everywhere are organizing. Here's why it's happening now Jennifer Elias | Amelia Lucas Saturday, 7 May 2022 12:05 PM EDT The first half of 2022 saw a spike in worker union petitioning. Companies from airlines to retail to tech are seeing employees seek unionization. Political environments, communication across company lines and the Covid-19 … Continue reading Why employees everywhere are organizing →

I find this article fascinating as I compare my geographic moves over the years to others I know, particularly those born and still living here in NYC. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/05/living-close-to-family-parents/629819/ How Affluence Pulls People Away From Their Families The Atlantic · by Stephanie H. Murray · May 11, 2022 My kids love my mom, but they haven’t spent much time with … Continue reading How affluence affects how far apart a family apart lives →

https://apple.news/A-iISQlwmTIC4M-GJlpa6Hw The Stock Market Isn’t Falling Like It Did In the 1970s—It’s Even Worse I t was the worst first four months of the year for the stock market since the 1970s! No, the 1930s! Can’t we just say it was a really bad start to the year?  “Bad” might not do it justice. After … Continue reading Stock market in 2022 worst start since 1939 →

http://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/dont-take-the-surprising-drop-in-gdp-at-face-value? Don’t Take the Surprising Drop in G.D.P. at Face Value Some special factors reduced headline growth in the first quarter.  By John Cassidy, April 28, 2022 Buoyed by strong job growth, American households continued to spend amply in the first three months of this year, and U.S. businesses invested heavily in new equipment, particularly in … Continue reading Geek article for those puzzled by the G.D.P.’s surprising drop →

This is a great chance for me to recommend holding your IRAs at Vanguard where your beneficiaries can have their hands held on some of these pesky details.https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/inheritance/604567/if-you-inherited-an-ira-recently-you-could-be-in-for-a-mess INHERITANCE If You Inherited an IRA Recently, You Could Be in for a Mess The IRS recently proposed a major change in the way inherited IRAs work … Continue reading Inherit an IRA? New rules to be followed differ from expectations →

https://www.wsj.com/articles/warren-buffetts-protege-is-building-a-mini-berkshire-11649496605 Warren Buffett’s Protégé Is Building a Mini Berkshire Like her mentor, Tracy Britt Cool looks for founder-run companies with ‘moats,’ but she doesn’t share his hands-off-approach Tracy Britt Cool spent a decade working for Warren Buffett. She now wants to buy the kinds of companies that might have interested the famed investor 30 or … Continue reading Warren Buffett’s protégé is building a mini Berkshire →