With Las Vegas Set to reopen casinos on June 4, 2020, other businesses remain closed. The Governor of Nevada, Steve Sisolak set the date (on a tentative basis) after what has been reported as “two weeks of continued decreases” in new COVID-19 diagnoses and hospitalizations. Reopening Nevada & COVID-19 Case Numbers At the time of this writing, Worldometers.info reports Nevada with having some 7,879 total cases, but following a long Memorial … [Read more...]
Is a Second Great Depression Coming?
If you have been following any of the financial news, you can't help but see the stories of joblessness and plummeting stock market prices. It definitely feels like doom and gloom. But are we in store for a Second Great Depression? What was the Great Depression? Before we talk about whether we're looking at the beginning of a Second Great Depression, let's quickly review the Great Depression. The Great Depression started in the United … [Read more...]
What You Need To Know About COVID-19 Era Credit Reporting
Are you worried about credit reporting and what might happen to your credit during the COVID-19 lockdown? Businesses have been shuttered for two months or longer, millions of homeowners are applying for mortgage forbearance due to lost income, and many struggle to keep up with their monthly payments. What do you need to know about credit reporting during COVID-19? Credit Reporting Is Still Happening The government’s consumer watchdog site, The … [Read more...]
Lessons Learned During COVID-19
As parts of the country are slowly starting to open up (though not here - we remain a hot spot), my partner and I have been discussing the lessons learned during COVID-19. We just completed our 9th week of stay at home recommendations/orders, and here's what we have learned so far. Working at Home During a Pandemic is Exhausting We're both lucky to be working from home and able to complete the majority of our responsibilities, but rather than … [Read more...]
Surviving COVID-19: Simple Rules, Observations
Here is a list of survival tactics you should be using to weather the COVID-19 pandemic. Plenty of pundits are trying to politicize this global health crisis; what follows has absolutely NOTHING to do with politics and EVERYTHING to do with the survival (financial and otherwise) of you and your loved ones. Articles like this should not be necessary given the amount of publicity and information sharing about coronavirus. But after two weeks of … [Read more...]