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Steve Medland Interviewed on Sirius XM Radio’s “Your Money” Program
Wharton professor Kent Smetters, who is also the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, interviewed Steve Medland on his show, Your Money. They discussed a range of financial planning topics and Steve’s book Spiraling Up: Discover Financial Serenity, Make Work Optional, and Live Happily in Retirement. The program was originally aired […]
$3.6M Lottery Winners Bought a $1.6M Dream Home, a Porsche, a Lexus SUV, Went On Shopping Sprees for Jewelry and Designer Clothes, and Embarked On Lavish Vacations to Dubai, Monaco, and Rome. Those Bad Decisions Led to Financial Disaster.
In October 2005, Lara and Roger Griffith bought a lottery ticket and won the equivalent of $3.6 million in today’s dollars. Roger worked as an information technology manager, and Lara was a performing arts teacher at a local college. While both were well-educated, neither of them had any idea how to manage such a large sum of […]
Steve Medland Featured on Author Hour Podcast
I was honored to be featured on the Author Hour Podcast this week to launch my new book, Spiraling Up: Discover Financial Serenity, Make Work Optional, and Live Happily in Retirement. You can listen to the entire interview on the Author Hour website or on iTunes.
Spiraling Up Reaches #1 on Amazon Best Seller List
Thank you to my friends, family, clients, and colleagues for supporting Spiraling Up: Discover Financial Serenity, Make Work Optional, and Live Happily in Retirement during launch week. My publisher notified me that Spiraling Up reached #1 on the Amazon Best Seller list in two categories, Wealth Management and Investing Portfolio Management. I am very grateful […]
Introducing Spiraling Up
I’m thrilled to introduce my new book, Spiraling Up: Discover Financial Serenity, Make Work Optional, and Live Happily in Retirement, which is being launched today! In this post, I’m going to share the Spiraling Up Introduction, below, followed by some thoughts about inflation at the end. Introduction The Path to Wealth Is Simple, but Not […]