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Today, the Get Rich Slowly summer of books concludes with an excerpt from Cashing Out: Win the Wealth Game by Walking Away from Julien and Kiersten Saunders. Julien and Kiersten are the power couple behind the rich & Regular blog and YouTube channel. The following excerpt from Cashing Out (published by Portfolio/Penguin) is used with…

The borrower defaulted. On August 22, 2024, CEFL sent default notices and demanded $672,417.20 under the loan’s acceleration clause – the balance of principal plus all unaccrued future interest.  Then things got messy. CEFL tried to seize the bus and could not find it. When asked at his home, one of the directors told the…

It can feel like every day brings a fresh batch of headlines about the financial promise of artificial intelligence. But alongside that excitement is a growing concern: What if we’re in an AI bubble? The question isn’t just for investors who own AI-specific stocks. The Magnificent Seven — virtually all of whom are making massive…

A 65-year-old retiring in 2026 can expect to spend $185,500 on healthcare for the rest of retirement. That’s the latest figure from Fidelity Investments’ 25th annual Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate. It’s up 7.5% from last year’s $172,500, the biggest single-year jump the projection has seen in years. Married couples retiring at the same age…

In June 2026, the European Commission proposed a Tax Omnibus package to simplify the EU’s direct taxA direct tax is levied on individuals and organizations and is not expected to be passed on to another payer (unlike indirect taxes such as sales and excise taxes), though economic incidence can still fall upon others. Often with…

If you’ve ever wished you could ask a financial question and get an answer about your situation, that’s what Boldin AI does. It’s a conversational assistant built into the Boldin Planner. You ask questions in plain language. The AI uses your real financial data: income, accounts, Social Security timing, spending assumptions. It runs those inputs…