Category: Investing for Retirement

Typically, when interest rates go down, home prices increase. But, here in Minnesota, the value of my home on Zillow.com has dropped by $20,000 in the last 3 months. I can only attribute this to Trump’s immigration enforcement actions in the state. With all of the bad publicity lately, no

Greenland is the least densely populated territory on Earth and 80% of the surface is covered in ice. To give you an idea of how forlorn this region is, the population has only increased by 418 in the last 25 years. Yet, for some reason this region has suddenly become

When you get close to retirement or are in early retirement, you should be trying to generate as much passive income as possible. In 2025 my investment portfolio increased by 8.65% and generated $3445 in monthly dividend income. During the year I was able to avoid taking any distributions from

When you retire, you need to decide if you are going to move or stay in the home you are currently in. In my case, I have only owned two homes, both in the upper mid-west. I lived in my first home for about 20 years. After I sold that

Medicare Open Enrollment is October 15 – December 7 and they just announced the 2nd largest rate increase in history. The Medicare Part B premium for 2026 will be $202.90 per month, an increase of $17.90 from 2025. That is a 9.7% increase from the previous year while the Social

Just as I predicted, the Trump administration now has the record for the longest government shutdown in US history. The extension of expiring subsidies for health insurance purchased under the Affordable Care Act is the main conflict. The expiring subsidies will impact 24 million or about 7% of Americans. Because