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 Much Money Do You Really Need To Retire?
How much money does someone need in order to safely retire? I’m sure this question has given many aspiring retirees pause. After all, no one wants to be forced back into the workforce once they’ve made the life-altering decision to leave it. Would a $250,000 savings be enough? How about […]
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Year-End Monthly Financial Update – January 1, 2020
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 – December 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 Manage An Unexpected Financial Windfall
You’ve just received a large unexpected financial windfall. What should you do? Buy a new car? Maybe pay off your mortgage? How much should you save? Is it ok to splurge a little? What about investing? Whether it’s from an inheritance, an unlikely lottery win, the sale of a business, […]
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Monthly Financial Update – November 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 – October 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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Investing In Stocks Is The Opposite Of Gambling
I was in my early 20s when I booked my first trip to Las Vegas. Some friends and I wanted to try our hands at a little gambling (and a little partying…) and Vegas seemed like the perfect place to do it. The day before the trip my grandfather came […]
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Monthly Financial Update – September 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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Guest Post: Green Investing Opportunities
If the goal is to “Go Green”, why not also “Invest Green”? This question was recently posed to us by Jon, a researcher with iCompareFX (a global review and comparison service for top money transfer providers). Needless to say, he immediately had our attention. After discussing some of his ideas […]
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