In a previous article, I mentioned that I view my investment portfolio as my own personal financial firm. Each share of stock I hold is one of my employees within this firm. Once I’ve hired them (i.e. bought a share) they never tire, will never quit, don’t require a salary, and work […]
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Save Energy. Save The Planet. Save Money.
When you need light in a dark room, the solution is usually to flip the light switch. It’s something we do—probably multiple times—every day. But have you ever considered where the electricity to power that light comes from? Sure, you get a monthly bill from your power company, and as […]
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Monthly Financial Update – May 1, 2018
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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Retire Early And Pay Zero Income Taxes…Forever
Although your taxes may be lower than you think there’s a good chance you still spend a significant portion of your income on taxes each year. Generally speaking, if you get a paycheck, a portion of it will be going to the government in the form of taxes. In fact, the government […]
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Instantly Increase Your Investment Returns With Tax-Loss Harvesting
What if I told you there was a way to instantly increase your investment returns with just a few minutes of work per year? What if I also told you that, not only is this method still useful during periods of market decline, it actually becomes more effective when the […]
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Penalty Free Early Access To Your Retirement Funds
As long-time readers probably know, 401(k)s are, by far, my favorite investment accounts. When it comes to allocating your investment funds, I believe dedicating money to a 401(k) with employer match should take priority over all other options. Most of the people in my life know about my affinity towards 401(k)s (I […]
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Monthly Financial Update – April 1, 2018
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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The Basics: Compound Growth
In the previous installment of “The Basics” series, we presented a step-by-step guide on how to set up your first investment account. Hopefully, that post will help some of the investment beginners out there conquer their fears and open an account to begin investing. For this new entry, I decided […]
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Best Strategy To Erase Debt, For Good
Debt. It gives us spending flexibility by providing the resources to purchase big-ticket items we’d otherwise be unable to afford. It allows us to delay payment on purchases and to spread the total amount owed into smaller sums, paid overtime. The process for accessing debt can be as easy as […]
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The Basics: Setting Up An Investment Account
By now, it’s pretty obvious that I believe investing is vitally important to your future financial success. As you’ve also probably gleaned from my writings, the stock market is, by far, my favorite investment option. I’ve broken down the investment account hierarchy, mapped out a surprisingly simple investment strategy, declared […]
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