If you are looking to hire a financial advisor, this post will discuss some questions to ask before you do. It’s important to hire an experienced financial advisor who actually also has more wealth than you do. Imagine learning how to cook from someone who only knows how to operate a microwave oven. Yum! Those […]
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To get better, you must be brutally honest with yourself. Open yourself up to stinging criticism and judgement so that you may improve upon your deficiencies. One of the downsides of putting yourself out there is that you open yourself up to misinterpretation or criticism. Fear of ridicule is one of the biggest reasons why
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Interesting in investing in speculative investments like Bitcoin without losing lots of money? You’re not alone. With Bitcoin and other speculative investments reaching all-time highs, everybody is feeling investing FOMO and wanting to get rich quick. In late 1999 I had my Bitcoin moment. I was a 22 year old first year analyst working on
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Wondering why you didn’t get the job? There’s an overwhelming demand for every job position today. Whether it’s as a barista at Starbucks or a marketing director at a tech company, competition is fierce. Landing a job these days can feel like winning the lottery. In this post, I spoke with some Human Resources (HR)
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The following is a guest post from my friend Joel who has been investing in domain names for years! Chances are that when you read the term “domain name investing” you immediately have the following questions pop up: Umm [insert embarrassed pause here], what exactly is a domain name anyway? Do you mean like a
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Before the pandemic, the personal saving rate in America hovered between 5% – 6%. Post pandemic, the personal saving rate in America shot up above 25% as people freaked out about their future. Today, the U.S. personal saving rate is hovering around 3.6% as Americans revenge spend like there’s no tomorrow! We already know the main
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Are you wondering: Should I borrow from my 401k? The short answer is no. Do not borrow from your 401k if you want to have a robust and healthy future. Your 401k is for your retirement. If you borrow from your 401k, you might not have the discipline to pay yourself back. Once you start
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If you are frugal, you’ll likely never get into financial trouble. I was very frugal saving between 50% – 70% of my after tax income until about age 35. Then I decided there was no point saving so much money if I wasn’t going to live a little. This post will discuss things worth spending
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Are you asking yourself whether you should buy a home in a rising interest rate environment? The Fed went through 11 rate hikes since 2022, and interest rates rose tremendously. As a result, affordability is down. Rising interest rates is usually a headwind for the real estate market. It makes makes mortgage borrowing costs higher.
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Recently, I discovered that finding work is expensive. Fortunately there are tax-deductible job hunting expenses that make it less painful. Thanks to 33% of you voting that I should go back to work full-time, I decided to rev up the rusty job search engine after 3.5 years of inactivity. And boy, what a waste of time
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