For the first time in my life, I accidentally paid my estimated taxes twice. If you ever do the same, I want to share with you what happens next and when you’ll get your overpayment back. Bottom line: Don’t worry too much. You’ll eventually get your money back within six weeks.
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Here in the San Francisco tech startup scene, we have a term called “the trough of sorrow.” The trough of sorrow refers to the sadness that comes after a setback or a big win. After a setback, you’re tasked with finding product-market fit to survive given your company has a limited runway of cash. You
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You might be wondering why rich central bankers remain unrelenting in their desire to raise interest rates. After all, there are plenty of signs individual components of inflation are rolling over. Given each interest rate hike takes at least six months to have an affect on slowing the economy, the Federal Reserve could easily over
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With heightened stock market volatility, more investors are looking for ways to hedge their portfolios or find some way to outperform the broader indices. Therefore, I thought it would be a good idea to interview Ananda Aisola, the co-founder of Composer, a new investment platform, which leverages artificial intelligence. For 13 years I worked in
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After two of brainstorming, writing, rewriting, and editing during the pandemic, my book, Buy This, Not That: How To Spend Your Way To Wealth And Freedom is now available! Let me share why I wrote a new personal finance book after writing about personal finance since 2009. Buy This Not That became an instant Wall
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One of my goals after entering the decumulation phase is to give more to charity. And one of the best ways to give to charity is through a donor-advised fund. All my wealthy friends have set up donor-advised funds, so it was about time I do the same. The following guest post about donor-advised funds
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Have you ever wondered what the ideal income is to live a comfortable life before retirement and after retirement? Well, look no further than the student loan forgiveness income threshold of $125,000 per individual and $250,000 per married couple. On August 24, 2022, President Biden unveiled a plan to cancel up to $10,000 tax-free in
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If you’re in the market for a vacation property you will likely have to decide between purchasing a single-family home or a condo. However, what if you have enough money to buy a single-family mansion for $10+ million versus a condo at a luxury resort for $500,000+? I used to think a single-family mansion for
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Quiet quitting is taking the younger generation by storm. The idea behind “quiet quitting” is to do no more than what’s asked of you at work and then check out. Once you’re out of the office, there’s no more responding to work e-mails, slack, nada. A quiet quitter does not go above and beyond the
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Although about 30% of my public equity portfolio is invested in individual stocks, I don’t recommend the average non-obsessed person invest more than 10% of their portfolio in individual stocks. The main reason why is because it is hard to outperform the various indices over the long term. Although there are no fees for owning
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