The best money market rate I’ve found online depends on timing. If you want to get better rates and higher services from banks, you need to develop a relationship and concentrate your assets. Weeks before Lehman Brothers went bust on September 15, 2008, I decided to spread my savings out to various banks to hedge […]
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I almost bought a Bentley Continental. Let me share how I almost wasted six figures on a car I didn’t need. After going down to City Hall to get my reconveyance letter (proof of ownership) for a property I paid off in 2015, I decided to pop into the Range Rover dealer several blocks away for
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The rich tend to always get ahead, no matter the economic environment. Even during a global pandemic, the rich have gotten richer. This article will discuss why the rich should pay higher rents. No matter how hard I try, it’s impossible to convince everybody to adopt the Stealth Wealth mantra. Rich people should never share how
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Every now and again, I stumble across something that makes me wonder, “Are you a financial dumb ass?” Someone forwarded me a post from a year ago where a PF blogger spent $60,000 on a luxury car right after revealing his net worth was only $55,000! He clearly violated my 1/10th rule for car buying everyone
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Years ago, I once knew someone who was unhappy with her husband. Let’s call her Nancy. To fill her void, Nancy went on dates with various men while her husband stayed late at work. At the cafeteria one day, Nancy mentioned she was falling in love with one of her men named Jack. Jack was handsome, single, charming, and
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Since starting Financial Samurai in 2009, I’ve been making better financial decisions. The reason is because before each big decision, I always spend at least a couple hours analyzing each situation through a post. The dilemmas I have are very similar to the dilemmas many of you have, will have, or have experienced. As a result, after each
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In America, we are truly blessed with opportunity to help us chart our own course and grasp success as much as we desire it. Services provided by financial institutions are one of the things that we as American citizens have easy access to, allowing us to utilize financing and credit to further our goals in
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I’ve been doing my own taxes for over 10 years. I didn’t do them when I first graduated college in 1999 because I didn’t know how. Further, DIY tax software wasn’t as easy to use as it is now. But after paying some accountant over $500 to do my taxes one too many years, I
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Ok, I’m back from my 28-hour break! Thanks to so many for encouraging me to continue. Boy did it feel amazing to unwind after publishing my post on shutting this site down. Just the act of not responding to a single comment allowed me to recharge my empty battery by a couple percent. I’m feeling like
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Back at my parents’ home in Honolulu one afternoon, my father asked me, “Are you sure you’re just consulting 25 hours a week? Because it sure seems like a full time job!” “Of course I’m sure Dad,” I retorted. But before I knew it, the sun had already set. Another day in paradise, gone. I
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