MoneyBites: What's Your Earliest Memory of Money?

Our first “Hey Stranger” series!
We asked strangers on the streets of New York, “what’s your earliest memory of money?” Here’s what they had to say.

You may have the recent news headlines by the Australian real estate mogul Tim Gurner advising millennials to solve their housing woes by putting their ‘$22 a pop’ toast toward a deposit. 

But exactly how much avocado opportunity cost are we talking about? Here’s a handy dandy HTML calculator that shows how forgoing the devilish green cream will help you save up for your downpayment by July 2073. 

Putting aside avocados and mortgages, how much do you need to save for retirement? Here’s a very loose rule of thumb. That being said, remember! Personal finance is just that, personal! With student loans and other factors in your life, YOUR numbers may look very different. 

Then again, us Americans and Australians may have it all wrong. Perhaps it is the Spaniards that have figured out the right priorities. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.