My first taste of investing came after graduating from college and starting my first “real” job. This initial experience consisted of picking which funds–from a list of 10 or 15–I would invest in, in my 401k. I spent about 30 minutes “analyzing” the historical performance of the funds and then […]
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Monthly Financial Update – June 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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Investing For Early Retirement – Historical Performance
We’ve been doing a lot of traveling this month so we haven’t had the usual amount of time to put together a detailed post. However, it’s important to us that we are consistent in releasing new content, so we thought this week would be the perfect opportunity to share a […]
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Put Your Money To Work With The Power Of Dividends
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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