The coronavirus pandemic really got me thinking about all of our children’s’ futures. The world was suboptimal for two years. But what will their world be like in this already brutally competitive place full of constant rejection? Let me share a guaranteed way to prevent unemployment: career insurance. In big cities, expect to spend up
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If you don’t have your health, no amount of money is worth it. As someone who has been writing about early retirement and the FIRE movement since 2009, let me emphasize the health benefits of early retirement in this post. There are many benefits of early retirement. Full control of your time is often the
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If you want to raise better adjusted kids, you probably want to practice some level of stealth wealth. Stealth wealth helps so that they don’t grow up spoiled and unable to recognize prosperity. This article provides a stealth wealth solution for real estate investors with kids. A couple readers have pointed out that I was
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Paying down debt is quite satisfying. Having no money can actually be quite addicting and thrilling. Let me explain. When you have no money, your body’s survival instincts are triggered. Without money, your risk of starvation and being homeless increases. Therefore, you tend to do everything you can to make more money. Debt puts you
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There’s nothing better than being financially free. Let’s look at some income profiles of FIRE movement followers. I’ve been writing about FIRE since 2009 and it’s always fascinating to see how other people are living. In “Are You Too Proud To Be Rich?” my goal was to challenge people’s beliefs that going to college, and getting
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If you’re wondering about active versus passive investing performance, you’ve come to the right place. Overall, it’s better to be a passive index investor because it is very hard to outperform various stock market indices long term. The vast majority of active equity and fixed income fund managers underperform their respective indices. You are probably
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If you want another reason why having a high net worth is better than having a high income, all you’ve got to do is look at who gets stimulus checks from the new CARES Act. That’s right. There are millionaires getting coronavirus stimulus checks. If your latest tax return shows an adjusted gross income of
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If you want to achieve financial independence, you need to get your housing expenses under control. This article will provide a housing expense guideline to help you achieve financial freedom sooner, rather than later. Financial Samurai began in 2009 and is one of the top independently-owned personal finance sites today with over 1 million visitors
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Do you want to retire early with your spouse? If so, this post will discuss achieving the two spouse early retirement household versus only one spouse retiring early. After all, we often call one spouse retiring early as being a stay at home parent. I firmly believe it’s better for both partners to retire early
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Phew! It feels so good to have survived the first quarter of 2020! With the global pandemic raging on and the return of the big bad bear, March surely had to be one of the longest months of our lives. What started off as a banner quarter with solid investment gains and record high online
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