Right now, there’s a rush on. It’s all about removing your hands from the steering wheel of your car. Maybe removing the steering wheel completely and letting the car do the work. Driving to work, to your holiday destination, visiting family a few hours away or just down to the supermarket. What will you do? Read a book? Watch a movie? Sleep? Stare out the window, confused that your car is driving itself? How long is this going to take? First it needs to be fully perfected. Then governments will need to be persuaded. Then the mass market of drivers…

The FIRE phenomenon has recently resurfaced in the media. FIRE stands for financial independence/retire early. The concept seems to spin the heads of those in the media and 90% of readers who respond in the comment sections below articles. For the refresher, it’s figuring out what you can live on, knocking down the expenses to that level, then saving the appropriate amount that will generate enough to cover said expenses. If you can live on $30,000, you’ll probably need $700,000 returning 4.5% per annum to cover your needs. Getting to the $700,000 (or more) is the hard part. Many of…