A recent Fortune article brought up the point that the recent initial public offering of stock by SpaceX is expected to make 4,400 of their employees millionaires, and some 400 have stakes that could be $100 million! The types of jobs that received stock compensation varied greatly, from welders and machinists to coders. That is…
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New Considerations for Publishing Obituaries
Obituaries are commonplace; they have been published in our newspapers since newspapers began. However, newspapers are becoming scarcer, and scammers using personal information are on the rise. Creating an obituary involves both an assessment of a person’s life and the potential utility of that assessment for nefarious purposes. First – realize the scams, how obituary…
Taking Your Time Is Hard Without a Lot of Time Left
Age discrimination is not only a workplace issue. For example, recent research from Boston College Center for Retirement Research reveals that older home sellers have a lower rate of return on their housing investment. A large data set of repeat home sales was examined, with holding periods of less than three years filtered out so…
“Do Your Kids Want Your Stuff?”
This is the time of year to do some spring cleaning. Some even suggest taking everything out of the house, doing a full clean, and putting everything back. This would be a great moment to realize how many things we don’t actually need in our lives. However, as suggested in our earlier blog, Spring Cleaning,…
Prevention, and When Prevention Fails
Accidental falls are on the rise, which may not be surprising given the concurrent rise in the elderly population, but just how much falls have become more frequent is likely to raise a few eyebrows. According to USAFacts.org, deaths from accidental falls have tripled since the year 2000. They even have outpaced deaths from car…
Who Wants To Be My Trustee?
The trust industry is continuing to grow as a whole. According to data from trustupdates.com, the trust industry asset average growth in the first half of 2025 was 5%, and assets in Investment management accounts grew 8%. Part of that is market growth, and part of it is more people raising their hands and saying…
The Gameplan for Sudden Millions
Last month you may have noticed signs in gas stations reading $999 for the Powerball jackpot. The signs weren’t designed to go into the billions, so that’s their max readout, but the winning ticket (should it be an individual ticket) exceeded millions into more than a billion dollars! Many of us dream of being suddenly…