Palladium is a precious metal, but it serves an industrial use. The metal works in catalytic converters in cars to cut down on emissions. It is a catalyst that turns noxious fumes into benign gases.The silvery-white metal is the choice for gas engines. In contrast, diesel engines most often see platinum used.The clean diesel narrative that carmakers were pushing just a few years ago turned out to be a fairy tale...
Once, most North Americans were content to wind down at age 65, collect the retirement income they’d accrued over their working lives, and settle into a quiet, slower third age in the towns and states where they’d spent the previous decades.The picture is somewhat different now. Most people don’t have the funds they need to retire at 65...
With no standing army, 99% of its energy needs met by sustainable sources, and a local population whose national motto, Pura Vida, celebrates the simple joy of living, Costa Rica is without doubt a progressive nation. It’s a safe, stable paradise where clued-in expats have been heading for decades. With an excellent nationalized healthcare system, a mild...
An easy-going coastal hideaway. A sleepy mountain retreat. An energetic historical city.All sorts of good-value escapes exist overseas today to suit just about any taste in climate or surrounds. And they’re all spots where you can live better for less, spots where the weather is good year-round, and where you can sit back and relax, comfortable in the knowledge that you won’t outlive your nest egg...
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Most of us pay annual insurance on our house, car, and health…but would you insure your lifestyle? “Lifestyle isn’t something you instinctively think to insure,” says financial writer and global investor Jeff Opdyke in your issue this month. Your lifestyle is a function of your job and the income you earn, or in retirement the Read more...: QWA December 2018: Why the World’s Savviest Investors Are Using Gold as an Insurance Policy
In this Editor’s Debrief, IL Correspondent Don Murray talks to Dan Prescher about a recent scouting trip to the Caribbean island haven of Roatán. Even among Caribbean islands, this place is special. Don was surprised by the rolling hills and lush greenery. Though, Roatán has plenty of beaches, too. What’s more, the cost of living Read more...: Roatán—Live for Less on a Caribbean Island
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In your December cover story, we explore how you can benefit from the enormous shift toward freelancing in North America. Today, 34% of jobs in the U.S. are freelance and that number is set to grow. As a baby boomer, you're positioned perfectly to gain from this changing...
Inspired by a gift of a world map they received, IL Editors Dan Prescher and Suzan Haskins realized there was a lot of Europe they had yet to visit…and so they started to plan their Grand Tour of Europe. Their goal was to see as many of the European capitals as they could in a Read more...: From a Scratch-Off Map, a Grand European Tour is Born