A collection of reviews of our favorite bookes, movies and products. And interviews of our favorite people
Here at Retirement Savvy, we’re big on having a fulfilling and secure retirement. Here are our top recommendations for books to read on retirement in 2019! 1. HOW TO RETIRE HAPPY, WILD AND FREE Many people look forward to retirement. They have dreams of all the things they could possibly do. However, that excitement quickly gives way …
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I’ve reviewed and recommended a number of films related to finance and economics over the last few years. Appropriately, they can all be found on the Recommendations & Reviews page. A summary of my favorites were identified in the For Your Viewing Pleasure post. While my list focuses primarily on documentaries, the ’10 Best’ infographic from the folks at …
My first book, RENDEZVOUS WITH RETIREMENT: A Guide to Getting Fiscally Fit, captured my thoughts and ideas on personal finance/retirement planning and served as the precursor to this blog. While I continue to enjoy the blog and communicating with readers through the Discussions, Recommendations, and the Living Frugally and A Richer Understanding series, I wanted to …
Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What do to about It Hardcover: 156 pages Publisher: Brookings Institution Press (2017) Richard V. Reeves (born in the UK in 1969) is a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. …
Author Frederick Vettese is the Chief Actuary of Morneau Shepell, one of the largest human resources consulting and technology companies and one of the top five defined benefit pension plan providers in North America. Vetesse has spent his entire career providing retirement consulting and actuarial services in respect of workplace pension plans. Much of his professional …
Toxic Inequality: How America’s Wealth Gap Destroys Mobility, Deepens the Racial Divide & Threatens Our Future Hardcover: 218 pages Publisher: Basic Books (2017) Author Thomas M. Shapiro is the Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy at the Heller School, Brandeis University, where he directs the Institute on Assets and Social Policy. While many will reflexively disagree …
Television Show: The Profit (2017). After investing more than $50 million of his own money in companies featured on The Profit, self-made millionaire and serial entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis is now ready to invest in his new CNBC show, The Partner. I have been a fan of Marcus and The Profit since the show first premiered. In fact, the show was a recommendation here …
The Blue Satin Nightgown: My French Makeover at Age 78 Paperback: 205 pages Publisher: CreateSpace (2016) Author Karin Crilly was a Marriage and Family Counselor for thirty years in Southern California. After two adventurous years of living in Aix-en-Provence, France – the home of renowned painter Cezanne – she returned to California and now lives in Laguna …
I’ve long been an admirer of Sallie Krawcheck. In the early 2000s, during her run as the chief of Sanford C. Bernstein and later Citi Global Wealth Management, she was considered the most powerful woman on Wall Street. She is now the CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest, a digital investment platform for women. She is also …
If you are familiar with Kitchen Nightmares or Bar Rescue, where Gordon Ramsay and Jon Taffer respectively, guide failing people/businesses to success, you’re already familiar with the basic idea behind Life or Debt, a new show on Spike. Victor Antonio, filling the role of Ramsay or Taffer, serves as the show’s host and financial guide. His mission? To …
