(Akiit.com) Guess what. The stock market seems to like Joe Biden. More precisely, investors seem to like that his lead in the polls is solid enough to lessen the prospect of President Donald Trump setting off an explosion of doubt, anxiety and possible violence if Biden wins narrowly. “A Clear-Cut ...
(Akiit.com) The rental market can be great for a while as you set yourself up in your adult life, but eventually, it becomes something that’s just dead money. It’s not going anywhere other than the landlord’s pockets, nor is it benefiting you in any way. It’s important to try and ...
(Akiit.com) Being in a position where you can choose to get a mortgage is an excellent position to be in. You get to decide on your new house, your furniture, where you live – everything about buying a house is a fun process, except the bit where you have to ...
(Akiit.com) Many people wish they could work and travel simultaneously, as statistics indicate that there are 21 million global travellers who want to earn a living while traveling. Research from the University of Helsinki indicates that going on a trip can improve your work productivity and help you live longer. ...
(Akiit.com) Black people occupy a place between hope and despair. We hope our nation will keep its promises – that all people are created equal, that justice is both blind and fair, that truth matters, that there is integrity. We struggle against the imperfections, the racism that is baked in ...
(Akiit.com) Forty. Something about that age puts people on a precipice. Too old to be young. Too young to be old. And if your career hasn’t taken off by that age…well. Will it ever? This is the space where The Forty-Year-Old Version resides. A crossroads. Radha Blank, a Harlem-based writer, is known for her ...
(Akiit.com) Last week the nation, and indeed the world, reacted with scorn and ridicule when President Trump’s federal tax bill of $750 was shared with the world. Many were outraged to have spent more on their federal income tax than the billionaire head of state. But while this may certainly ...
(Akiit.com) “I vote for the man (or woman), not the party” is what millions of Americans say and what, in fact, many do. It is intended as a noble sentiment: “I am not one of those Americans who votes blindly by party; I measure each candidate and then decide which ...
(Akiit.com) Donald Trump is likely to survive his infection with the coronavirus. But it’s hard to imagine how his reelection campaign can. The president has trailed Joe Biden in national polls for a year, and his performance in the first debate did nothing to close the gap. The news that ...
(Akiit.com) With so much happening in your child’s teenage years, it can be easy to neglect their financial training, but this aspect of their development is crucial to their future success. Imagine packing them off to university with no previous experience of handling money? It might be fine, but there’s ...
(Akiit.com) I heard a noise sounding like it was coming from the kids’ end of the upstairs hall. After getting up to inspect, and going for a glass of water, I fell down the rabbit hole, turned on the phone and there it was. My texts were blown to bits, ...
(Akiit.com) “The poor will always be with us,” say the cynics. No doubt, some will always be wealthier than others. We wouldn’t want to live in a society that forced all to be equal. But poverty isn’t inevitable. The 30 million people in America who lived in poverty even before ...