How 2 couples cut housing costs to speed up their path to early retirement

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Financially independent couple Josette Chang and Alexander Nathanson.

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Soaring gas prices convinced me to switch over to Costco's credit card

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Drivers wait to refuel vehicles at a Costco gas station in California last month.

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'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary says you're not rich unless you have $5 million in liquid assets

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"Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary says real wealth is having $5 million in liquid assets.

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The FIRE road map: Early retirees explain their 2-part investment strategy to hit financial independence

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Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung, the founders of The Millennial Revolution, quit their jobs in 2015 to travel the world.

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What ex-Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein says young workers should spend their first $5,000 in savings on

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Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein speaks at the NYT's DealBook conference.
Lloyd Blankfein, who helmed Goldman Sachs during the GFC, said he believed the US was due for another "reckoning" in financial markets.

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More young people are filing for bankruptcy, lawyers say. Here's why.

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Two consumer bankruptcy attorneys said they're seeing more young clients.

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'Financial Audit' star Caleb Hammer shares the money mistake he sees people make the most

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Caleb Hammer says he doesn't see Americans' overspending woes going away anytime soon.

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How YouTuber Caleb Hammer turned financial train wrecks into a big business

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Caleb Hammer grills a guest on "Financial Audit."

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I'm raising my grandson alone in my 70s and can't afford to retire. With gas prices rising, I worry about finances every day.

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A grandmother and grandson.

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20 years ago, they were caring for loved ones. They're still struggling to financially recover.

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Jeff Mason works partly because of financial difficulties surrounding caregiving.

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Jeff Mason, 76, could get by if he didn't drive for Uber until 2 a.m., but money would be tight.

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