As the certainty of my own early retirement has become more real, I have increasingly found myself thinking about the younger members of my family, specifically my cousins. You see, combined, my parents have nine siblings, and as a result, I am fortunate to have quite a few young cousins. […]
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Guest Post: Forget the Traditional Savings Account. Save Your Money Here Instead.
I recently had the opportunity to connect with some of the good people over at Club Thrifty, where the motto is, “Dream Big, Spend Less, Travel More”. They run a great website, full of interesting and informative content, so be sure to check it out! After our discussions, I’m excited […]
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Monthly Financial Update – July 1, 2019
The Monthly Financial Update gives our readers an inside look at the allocation and performance of our personal portfolio. At the beginning of each month, we share a snapshot of our investments and highlight their performance over the previous month. In addition, we compute our progress towards achieving our retirement […]
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Monthly Financial Update – June 1, 2019
The Monthly Financial Update gives our readers an inside look at the allocation and performance of our personal portfolio. At the beginning of each month, we share a snapshot of our investments and highlight their performance over the previous month. In addition, we compute our progress towards achieving our retirement […]
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Invest A Few Dollars Today, Count Your Riches Tomorrow
Investing. I love to talk about it, read about it, and write about. As a result, I have a tendency to bring it up quite often as a topic of conversation. I was recently having one of these investing conversations with some colleagues at work and our discussion turned towards […]
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Monthly Financial Update – May 1, 2019
The Monthly Financial Update gives our readers an inside look at the allocation and performance of our personal portfolio. At the beginning of each month, we share a snapshot of our investments and highlight their performance over the previous month. In addition, we compute our progress towards achieving our retirement […]
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Your House Is Not An “Investment”
Believe it or not, I’m not against purchasing a home. I know I’ve expounded on the fact that, in many cases, renting is better than buying and have shown that paying off a house quickly can potentially reduce your wealth by hundreds of thousands of dollars, but I didn’t write those […]
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Monthly Financial Update – April 1, 2019
The Monthly Financial Update gives our readers an inside look at the allocation and performance of our personal portfolio. At the beginning of each month, we share a snapshot of our investments and highlight their performance over the previous month. In addition, we compute our progress towards achieving our retirement […]
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Seek Freedom, Not Riches
I recently had a debate with a group of friends. We were discussing the merits of pursuing financial independence and, potentially, early retirement, versus maintaining a normal job until old age and never really striving to achieve a high level of individual financial success. I argued that everyone’s goal should […]
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Monthly Financial Update – March 1, 2019
The Monthly Financial Update gives our readers an inside look at the allocation and performance of our personal portfolio. At the beginning of each month, we share a snapshot of our investments and highlight their performance over the previous month. In addition, we compute our progress towards achieving our retirement […]
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