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The Truth About Bear Markets
We can’t control the market, and we can’t control the overall timing with which we invest. All we can do … Read more
FIRE Crossroads 034: Mid-40s with $4.2 Million Net Worth
We’re excited to present another FIRE Crossroads interview today. In it we find a married couple pulling down about $40,000 … Read more
The 1% Rule for Spending on Luxury: Live it Up and Still Achieve FIRE
Do you know how much you should be spending on luxury? What does it mean to spend on luxury, exactly? … Read more
A Net Worth Tracker That Auto-Updates Daily
Over the years, I’ve developed and fine-tuned a portfolio and net worth tracker that I’ve found quite helpful as do-it-yourself … Read more
The Sunday Best (12/04/2022)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
Best Retirement Savings Plans for the Self-Employed
When you first start working, you probably hear a lot about 401ks and IRAs. But as the saying goes — … Read more
The Broken Clock
We humans would love to be able to see the future. That need naturally makes us gravitate toward experts and … Read more
Post FI Notes 20: Newly Retired and Traveling Like Mad!
With two demanding careers and three kids at home, life looked a lot different for this couple just a few … Read more
Ask and You Shall Receive: Giving Tuesday 2022
Happy Giving Tuesday! Once again in 2022, I’m offering to donate $100 to a charity of your choosing, marking the … Read more
The Sunday Best (11/27/2022)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
How to Teach Teens About Investing
It’s never too early to start investing. And it’s very probably true that providing a spark of interest, and perhaps … Read more
Retiring into Uncertainty
None of us know the future. We have models and predictions, and we can read the news and sometimes detect … Read more
The 10 Worst Cases of Hyperinflation in History
If you think we’ve had it bad with inflation nearing 10% per year, you have no idea what “bad” really … Read more
Ether to FI: Halfway to FI? (a Net Worth Update)
Ether to FI has entered the halfway house! That is, depending on the numbers used and inflation’s impact, he may … Read more
The Sunday Best (11/20/2022)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
Death, Divorce, and Life Transitions: Important Financial Considerations
plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose… The more things change, the more things stay the same. There is … Read more
Top 5 Ways to Take Advantage of a Strong Dollar
The U.S. Dollar is the strongest it’s been in 20 years. A strong dollar can produce winners and losers, both … Read more
The Sunday Best (11/13/2022)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
Financial Advice for “Low-Income” Doctors
One person’s “low-income” profession is another person’s “high-income” profession. It’s all relative, of course. But in medicine, there can be … Read more
10 Lessons Learned Along This FIRE Journey
The one thing that all of us have the same amount of every day is time. No rich person has … Read more