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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Garbage Around The World
Every year, approximately eight metric tons of garbage and waste spill into our oceans. Paper and plastic litter the roadways, makeshift nests of debris and straws fill up trees throughout the neighborhood. We are consuming natural resources faster than ever and as the world population grows, there is less and […]
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