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File this post under “no dumb questions!”. It’s really easy once you do it once or twice, but to someone who hasn’t been investing for
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File this post under “no dumb questions!”. It’s really easy once you do it once or twice, but to someone who hasn’t been investing for
This post pains me to make a little bit, because I fear there are some people who are going look at the left side and
The truth is, we can never know what’s coming next for the market. It’s not something that can be predicted, because everything humans know is
A couple rules of investing I’ve adopted from the Bogleheads are as follows.1. Never bear too much risk2. Never bear too little riskBearing too much
Some of my least successful posts are when I talk about credit card points, because I don’t like them. It’s WAY more fun to think
Don’t get me wrong. I’m an academic and money nerd at heart so I love to geek out on all the stuff on the left
The math on investing is pretty awesome. Saving just $254/month from age 20 to 65 will get you to a million bucks. This assumes a
There’s this myth out there that something magical happens at 65 years old that allows you to stop working. But that’s not true. In the
As with most things in life, the devil is in the details on this one. But the basic idea is solid. If instead of spending
When I post stuff like this, it’s not about shaming spending money on things that you like. I believe the goal of money is to
File this post under “no dumb questions!”. It’s really easy once you do it once or twice, but to someone who hasn’t been investing for
This post pains me to make a little bit, because I fear there are some people who are going look at the left side and
The truth is, we can never know what’s coming next for the market. It’s not something that can be predicted, because everything humans know is
A couple rules of investing I’ve adopted from the Bogleheads are as follows.1. Never bear too much risk2. Never bear too little riskBearing too much
Some of my least successful posts are when I talk about credit card points, because I don’t like them. It’s WAY more fun to think
Don’t get me wrong. I’m an academic and money nerd at heart so I love to geek out on all the stuff on the left
The math on investing is pretty awesome. Saving just $254/month from age 20 to 65 will get you to a million bucks. This assumes a
There’s this myth out there that something magical happens at 65 years old that allows you to stop working. But that’s not true. In the
As with most things in life, the devil is in the details on this one. But the basic idea is solid. If instead of spending
When I post stuff like this, it’s not about shaming spending money on things that you like. I believe the goal of money is to
