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Last week, George Soros announced that he is “retiring” from investing money for clients, scaling back a high profile career of more than 40 years. Few of us can dream of emulating Soros’ retirement lifestyle. But there’s a lot we can learn from his retirement process.
Financial tug-of-wars among politicians and families are about more than specific budget issues. They’re also about two fundamental philosophies of handling money. While national budgets and family finances are structurally different, they both reveal these underlying human patterns.
As you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isn’t good: Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero. That’s bad for the economy, of course. And it may be especially discouraging if you happen to be looking for a job or hoping to change careers [...]
