Is Your Crap Really Worth It? By “It” I Mean Your Life I was at an estate sale. Among the hundreds of cups and glasses, I bought a dozen for $3. Inside the house, passing a glass-encased wall display of ceramic dolls, I went to the basement. It was wal...
Access to Defined Benefit pensions for Black workers was a Civil Rights issue in the 1950s and 60s. As a result, Black workers are still overrepresented in pension producing public sector and unionized jobs today. This article deep dives on the issue, ...
Understanding your organization's culture can help you interpret their pension signals. The post The Pension Series (Part 23): Organizational Culture and Pension Signals appeared first on The Golden Albatross.
How Safe Is My Pension? Pension plan safety is one of the most popular and relevant topics among the potential pensioners who read my blog. It’s popular because much like Social Security, chronic underfunding of certain types of pensions receives...
Looking for practical examples of the Worth vs. Worth It decision making cycle in action? Then this is your article. Friend of the blog, Chris Pascale, used it when deciding to replace his family's mini-van. The post Worth vs. Worth It: Stretching Out ...
Grumpus Maximus conducts an academic review of pension lump-sum buyout offers. The post The Pension Series (Part 21): Lump-Sum Buyout Offers appeared first on The Golden Albatross.
Looking for a way to make transformative change? Chris Pascale recommends making bold adjustments in your life as opposed to incremental change. Go bold or go home! The post Making Bold Adjustments appeared first on The Golden Albatross.
Interested in moving to New Zealand, the land of Kiwis? Grumpus Maximus discusses how he and his family determined if "Kiwi Arbitrage" was affordable. The post The Golden Albatross vs. Kiwi Arbitrage appeared first on The Golden Albatross.
Grumpus Maximus returns to blogging with his annual Thanksgiving message all about Olympic medalists, ceremonies, speeches, and being thankful. The post Thankful For My Bronze Medal appeared first on The Golden Albatross.
This is a substantive revision to the original Pension Series Part 11 article I published on 18 JAN 2018. I updated this article because I have a new method for calculating the Total Dollar Value (TDV) of pensions that do not possess a Cost of Living A...