After every tennis match I lost in high school, my father would console me by saying, “You just weren’t good enough.” Those words stung each time I heard them. But they were true. Over time, my dad stopped coming to my matches because I told him the pressure of his gaze wasn’t helpful. With no […]
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The 2023 Charles Schwab Modern Wealth Survey highlights the many paradoxes of wealth in America. Over 1,000 individuals of all different backgrounds filled out the survey. Overall, the survey, conducted between March 1 and March 23, 2023, says it takes a net worth of $2.2 million to be considered wealthy in 2023. The net worth
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Why the heck are home prices not going down more with mortgage rates so high? In many parts of the country, home prices are actually continuing to go up. The answer to this conundrum is partly due to the “life goes on” home-buying cycle. Many folks put their lives on hold for years during the
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After a three-year COVID pause, student loan interest resumed starting on Sept. 1, 2023, and payments started in October,” according to the Department Of Education. Given the pandemic was officially declared over on May 11, 2023, it makes sense that student loan debt should start to be paid back. But of course, not everyone agrees. Some
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In one of my recent newsletters, I supposedly wrote something absurd. It didn’t occur to me I was being absurd until a reader called me out. Read for yourself the introduction before I got into stocks, the economy, and more. Happy Father’s Day to those of you who are fathers and still have fathers. And
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One of the fun things about giving up on retirement is preparing for upcoming job interviews. I probably gave over 300 interviews myself when I was working in banking from 1999 – 2012. One of my favorite interview questions is asking candidates about a blind spot of theirs they eventually realized and how? The question’s
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For those who follow golf, there was a blockbuster announcement that the PGA Tour would merge with the LIV Golf League. Nobody expected the PGA Tour to merge with LIV because the PGA Tour had been adamant in its disdain for the Saudi Arabia-backed league. The LIV Golf League offered obscene amounts of money to
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The Supreme Court decided to strike down affirmative action in college admissions on June 29, 2023. Let me share an Asian-American’s view on affirmative action. Despite only accounting for ~7% of the U.S. population, Asians are not viewed as a minority worth helping in gaining college admissions. This is perplexing given many Asian Americans face
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As a landlord who did a post-mortem pandemic review, I’ve come to realize renters also won big once the lockdowns began. I’m not talking about the renters who decided to stop paying rent even though they continued to be gainfully employed. Many mom-and-pop landlords got hurt by these non-paying renters since the landlord’s expenses still
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So you’re thinking about buying a vacation property. I’ve owned a vacation property since 2007 and don’t recommend doing so. However, let me introduce a vacation property buying rule to follow so you don’t get in financial trouble. The vacation property buying rule to follow is to buy a vacation property for lifestyle first, income
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