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‘Uptober’ Flopped as BTC Tanked 7%: Will November Be Any Different?
October, often called ‘Uptober’ in crypto markets because of past performance, is one of the year’s most anticipated months, and this edition followed that trend, as BTC had seen three consecutive months in the green leading up to it. Reality,...
Dollar General Lawsuit: FTC And 20 States Allege Checkout Overcharges
Key Points The FTC and 20 states sued Dollar General on October 26, 2026, alleging its stores charged more at the register than shelf tags, ads and the app showed. The complaint cites 29,265 “Did Not Honor Marked Price” complaints since 2023, plus state...
The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Social Security
– In the world of very early retirement, we tend to ignore one of the most important things for normal retirees: the Social Security program. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great thing for the 73 million people who currently draw benefits, and it provides an essential...
The Best Luggage Tags
Airports are bursting with often identical-looking black suitcases. A luggage tag can be the difference between a smooth exit from baggage claim or a long night of searching for overnight essentials in convenience stores.Most airline counters offer free paper tags....
How Long It Takes To Get A Permit And Build A House By City
At almost 50, I’m never doing a gut remodel again. Everyone who has survived one has the same thousand-yard stare. It’s the look of someone who spent two years arguing about grout color and waiting on inspectors who never show up when they say they will. Remodeling...
What is the Average Net Worth by Age? [2025 Latest Data]
Do you want to know how you are doing relative to your peers financially? Then this is the article for you. The Federal Reserve recently released its 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, the gold standard of wealth data for American households. I’ve decided to take...
Series B Funding Is Up, But Fewer Deals Are Getting Done
More money, fewer rounds. That, in short, is the state of U.S. Series B startup funding in 2026, as venture capital investment continues to concentrate heavily around a handful of AI hotshots. Crunchbase data shows that so far this year, investors have poured...
Will Solana expansion fuel ONDO’s price hike back above $0.50?
Tokenized real-world assets leader Ondo Finance [ONDO] saw its governance token ONDO rally by 5.50% in the last 24 hours, making it one of the top gainers in the market. In other news, the Ondo Intelligence Portfolios extended to Solana. These are professionally...
Why It’s So Hard to Spend Money in Retirement (Even When Rich)
If you wait too long to start spending your money, you will have wasted many years of unnecessary work, stress, and worry. You'll have traded your best decades for a number on a screen that eventually gets passed to someone else. After another summer living with my...