That kind of thinking kept people from getting the 10% returns the market gave last year.

I think that bar tending is substantially less structured (and more likely to be structured hourly) than the other professions shown, here. Tips, as everyone has pointed out, also skew the data, because how bartenders are paid is not solely determined by the employer. Clearly, the article tried to compensate for…

Agreed, however, having 35 hours as a minimum gives us an agreement that people are in the range of full-time and are doing this as a career.

The findings compare the median weekly earnings of men and women who work at least 35 hours a week year-round.

Thanks for the clarification. In a chocolate shop, I'm guessing you're pretty much off limits with a nut allergy, though, unless they specialize.

Someone posted below about a brother who has this condition and it nearly killed him. It may not be an allergic reaction, but the results could be the same. I hesitate to say that one person's dangerous response to eating nuts is harmful to people who do have allergies, but I may not be thinking it through fully.

She might have diverticulitus and not an allergy. Nuts aggravate the large intestine, but I think ground nuts are okay. She might have put it in terms of an allergy to simplify it (or not talk about her bowels)

This poster is making things confusing by conflating income with savings. You're being more clear.

This is a little odd. Earning money isn't wealth. Having it is wealth. If your friends earn $20k/year for five years and save $5k over that time, but you earn $15k/year and save $25k, who is wealthier?

This is the only book that really looks at your whole life. It also is a system that was working for people when the other authors weren't even writing.

Put some water in the empty tins, if you're not doing a dozen. It protects your muffin pan.

That math is Shockingly Simple!

As long as the debt originated before the marriage, the spouse does not have to pay, unless the couple has consolidated together.

Student loans (if you don't consilidate them with someone else's) die with you. They'll try to collect, but once you're gone, I'm pretty sure the obligation is gone, too!

I have the Gpad as well. Use it daily!

I definitely use it to look up which comics to read!

If you have a good interest rate, this is a good plan. Some student loans are reasonable to take your time on.

Even if they had stock heavy allocations, they should have done the bare minimum research and not panicked. The recovery has been pretty complete, now (if you have money invested).

The full article agrees with your statement about younger people having a lower wealth ratio, but still doing well. However, like a business, one can do projections and see if one's NW is moving toward their total earnings.

Well, that's not all layers are for!