Arbitrage is the practice of taking advantage of a price difference between two or more assets or markets, and profiting until the price difference disappears. Recognizing arbitrage opportunities is one of the easiest ways to make money. Being able to recognize and then take advantage of kinks in the system will be one of your greatest […]
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FTC Disclosure: The following review is a paid sponsorship by Prudential. All opinions expressed are my own. Over the past several years, I noticed Prudential make a push into retirement planning with its witty billboard ads. Here are some of the most memorable quotes. “They say millennials are lazy. Retire early and prove them right.”
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Thanks for all the recent support about keeping Financial Samurai going! Your encouragement is greatly appreciated. One feedback I got was that readers would like to hear more from a woman’s journey to financial independence. I thought who better to share her thoughts than my wife, Sydney. Sydney is the CFO of Financial Samurai and
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I delayed writing this post for a while partly because I didn’t want to recognize the formal end of my 10-year journey writing on Financial Samurai. I was also waiting for some divine inspiration to figure out what’s next. From 2018 – 2019, several potential acquirers contacted me about selling Financial Samurai. I thanked them
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The best time for parents to go back to work is dictated by nature. You don’t have to overthink things too much once you’ve run the financial numbers. Over the past two years, I’ve gotten to know another stay-at-home dad in the neighborhood. Bob has a boy who is also two years old. We try
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The secret to your success is not giving up. I strongly believe if you do one hard thing for 10 years in a row, you will achieve results far beyond your expectations. Don’t quit before giving your effort a chance to produce amazing results. Talent is overrated. Grit is underrated. My belief of working on
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1, 2, 3 panic! The stock market meltdown of 2020 has taken us all for a ride. Thanks the coronavirus pandemic, the stock market meltdown will likely come back. Then the 2022 stock market meltdown happened again. It’s a good thing that most of us are super savers, have a diversified net worth, actively rebalance
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Revealing your financial independence plans too soon is a mistake. As the pioneer of the modern-day FIRE movement who has established FIRE rules, premature revelation is a no-no! When I started Financial Samurai in July 2009, I only told my Japanese colleague who sat next to me, nobody else. I didn’t want any colleagues who
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With the 2-year yield higher than the 10-year yield, the yield curve has officially inverted as of 3Q2019 and again in 1Q2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The yield curve continued to be inverted in 2024 due to aggressive Fed rate hikes. History has shown us, once there’s an inverted yield curve, there’s a high
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Are you wondering when to sell an investment property? If so, you’ve come to the right place. I have owned investment properties since 2003 and I’ve also sold two investment properties before – one in 2017 and another in March 2025. Currently I still own four investment properties and will consider selling another in the
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