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You Might Like � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Here's why Americans can't stop living paycheck to paycheck - CNBC    For many Americans, payday can't come soon enough. As of June, 61% of adults are living paycheck to paycheck, according to a LendingClub report. In other words, they rely on those regular paychecks to meet essential living expenses, with little to no money left over. Almost three-quarters, 72%, of Americans say they aren't financially secure given their current financial standing, and more than a quarter said they will likely never be financially secure, according to a survey by Bankrate. "There are actually millions of people struggling," said Ida Rademacher, vice president at the Aspen Institute. "It's not something that people want to talk about, but if you were in a place where your financial security feels superprecarious, you're not alone." Continued here 'Company loyalty will make you poor': Early retiree credits his $1 million net worth to these 7 ‘unpopular opinions' - CNBC    In 2016, I retired early at 35. At the time, I had $900,000 saved, and within a few years was able to accumulate a $1 million net worth. A big factor in my success wasn't the advice I received, but the advice I ignored. I built wealth the old-fashioned way — by working hard in a regular 9-to-5 job and making strategic financial moves that many people might disagree with. If you're not switching jobs regularly, you're leaving money on the table. Taking a new position at a different company is one of the best ways to get a substantial raise. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Shoplifting is out of control. Forget the police â€" stores need to up their game | Martha Gill - the Guardian    Within corner-shops and supermarkets and department stores, a new mood of lawlessness circulates. Owners of small shops have long complained that they are being treated as larders; now the owners of large ones have joined them. Co-op despairs that shoplifting is "out of control"; along with antisocial behaviour incidents, the crime has increased by a third in the first half of this year. Meanwhile, John Lewis has taken to offering free coffees to passing officers. "Just having a police car parked outside can make people think twice about shoplifting from our branches," the head of security for the John Lewis Partnership has said, with more than a hint of desperation. Earlier this month, there was the "TikTok looting" of Oxford Street, where teens ran amok around stores after a thread urging people to "rob JD Sports" went viral. The trend has a longer sweep: in the past six years, shop thefts in Britain have more than doubled. What to do about shoplifting? It's a delicate subject. Shoplifting is not quite like other crimes. Pilfering, purloining, filching, snaffling - it is by nature relatively trivial, the sort of thing children try their hands at without necessarily graduating to car heists and bank jobs. No punishment quite fits (the collapse of Winona Ryder's career for a few designer gowns stands as a sort of parable for the shoplifter: it's hardly ever worth it). But most of all, shoplifting is a crime that seems to reflect social need: it rises when the economy dips. The current spate seems partly fuelled by the cost of living crisis. Starving your population and then "cracking down" on it for nicking baby formula or a can of soup can start to make a government look rather unreasonable. Continued here

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