Investing is simplest at the beginning. Once you learn about things like investment accounts and index funds, you’re ready to get started stashing your money…
Month: May 2021
When it comes to investing, I got lucky. I was in college during the financial crisis. I missed that horrifying 38% dip in 2008. My…
When it comes to an ambitious goal like saving $10,000 in a year, you have three basic options: Playing defense means cutting spending. Playing offense…
Here’s a claim you might have never expected me to make. I can predict the next stock market crash with 100% accuracy. Well, let me…
I’ve been a personal finance nerd for a long time and one question has always stumped me: how much should I be spending on housing?…
Reading Ramit Sethi’s writing is a lot of fun for me. Partly this is due to the fact that his writing is just plain entertaining.…
Here’s something surprising: Just 20% of programmers write 80% of all usable code. It’s not just programming. There’s a rule called the Pareto principle which…
The call I was dreading had arrived. Our van was vibrating and making a weird noise. The mechanic was calling to tell me what was…
Last time we compared two index funds, we pitted FZROX against VTSAX. That was an example of looking at the same kind of fund (a…
I never thought that I could land a freelance writing gig. The main problem was that, well…I’m not a writer. I don’t have a degree.…
