If you’re a homeowner, at some point, someone has undoubtedly advised you to pay off your mortgage early. They’ve probably suggested early payoff techniques like paying bi-weekly instead of monthly, allocating extra funds directly to the principal, or increasing your payments by some amount each month. Some may have even […]
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Monthly Financial Update – February 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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The 50/30/20 Budget
As I’ve admitted in the past, I don’t keep track of my finances with a conventional budget. Instead, I have implemented a system in which everything happens automatically. Bills are paid automatically, funds are saved/invested automatically, and money that is free to be spent is automatically allocated to specific accounts. […]
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Monthly Financial Update – January 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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How To Retire A Millionaire After Only 5 Years Of Investing
What if there were a way to spend all of your money, forgoing any saving or investing, and still retire as a millionaire? If you think that sounds too good to be true…I’d have to agree. Unless you’ve got a trust fund or large inheritance coming your way, you’ll probably […]
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Monthly Financial Update – December 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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What Does It Take To Become A Millionaire?
One. Million. Dollars. It’s the holy grail of saving. At some point, we’ve all imagined obtaining the title of “Millionaire”. But what does it take to save $1,000,000? Is it actually an attainable goal for a normal person or is it just a fun fantasy to play out in our […]
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Monthly Financial Update – November 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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Budgets Are Hard: How We Manage Our Finances Without One
Read almost any financial self-help book, blog, or article and one of the first recommendations will most likely be to create a budget. The authors will say things like, “Having a detailed budget is one of the keys to managing your money” or “Regularly tracking your income and expenses will […]
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Monthly Financial Update – October 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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