Welcome to the end of the week and another edition of Happy Hour! Just sit back, relax, and enjoy your end of the week roundup of all things interesting in the land of money.
Simpson’s Stamps
The fate of the Post Office is being blamed on the overproduction of Simpsons stamps. At least that’s the excuse being tossed around this week. It can’t be from the $5.2 billion loss in its third quarter. Can it? Or the potential $15 billion loss on the year?
Nope. It’s entire success is based on the Post Office curbing stamp overproduction. Because it will save $2 million per year. Now, what to do about the other $14.998 billion? Continue Reading…
Paying the lowest taxes possible should be a national pastime. It’s all about working the tax code in our favor. Everyone has the opportunity to do it. You just need to know where your income falls in the 
Saving for retirement and investing for retirement are two very different things. The savings part is easy enough. Take a portion of your income every year and set it aside for when you retire. It’s the investing that can be tricky. Target date funds were created as an easy way to invest for retirement.
There is always inflation concerns tossed around by doomsayers every year. What they never tell you is inflation risk isn’t about the existence of inflation. The worry should be about excessive inflation or hyperinflation and the opposite, deflation. A healthy amount of inflation is a good thing. That said, there are ways to protect your money when inflation risk rises.