According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average cost of family health insurance offered by companies is now a whopping $20,576 a year, or $1,714.66 a month. Employers paid for 71% of that cost on average. Meanwhile, the average premium for single workers was $7,188 a year, or $599 a month. Employers covered 83% of […]
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If you have a baby or toddler or are planning to have a baby, this post is for you. I’ve been running an interesting, real-life, real-time experiment on how hard it is to get ahead if you have below-average money and little status. In 2017, we ended up applying to three preschools that accepted toddlers
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There’s an old saying in real estate, “Money is made on the purchase, not on the sale.” In this post, I’ll explain what money is made on the purchase means and why it’s so true. Getting a great deal on a real estate purchase is very important. And there are so many things we can
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Do you want to retire early with kids? I’m sorry, but it is nearly an impossible task. As a father of two children now, I look back and feel like retiring early without kids was a walk in the park in comparison. Retiring early with kids is at least three times harder than retiring without
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My latest mortgage refinance based on relationship pricing was one of the most frustrating refinance experiences ever. Relationship pricing should help you get a lower mortgage rate. However, you may have to jump through more hoops than you want. It is very hard to get a mortgage nowadays given stringent underwriting criteria. You can hear
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I’m always looking for a buy signal for stocks. In my opinion, one of the best buy signals for stocks is when the S&P 500 yield is greater than the 10-year Treasury bond yield. At the time of this update, this buy signal is flashing green. The reason why I prefer owning real estate and
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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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