With the stock market at all-time highs and interest rates zooming upwards, creating a more defensive investment portfolio with bonds may be a good idea. The 10-year bond yield was at 0.51% in August 2020. Today, the 10-year bond yield has risen to about 5%. Therefore, investing in bonds pays more in a defensive investment […]
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Here are Justice Anthony Kennedy’s words after the Supreme Court voted on June 26, 2015 that same sex couples have a constitutional right to wed. Justice Kennedy was the swing vote. No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital
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With good intention, I proposed one way to help level the playing field through a Wealth Identification Program run by our all-powerful government. By identifying wealthy people who got wealthy through 100% luck (born into wealth), we could empower decision makers to make more informed choices when deciding between equally qualified candidates. Whether a decision maker chooses
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I am a big fan of everybody checking their credit scores at least twice a year regardless of their borrowing needs. The world is a sinister place where greedy corporates go to no ends to crush you for being late on any payments you’ve made, no matter how small. There are also an endless amount
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Have you ever wondered what the average net worth is of your peers? It’s probably impossible to know for sure unless they show you a spreadsheet and tell you. However, it’s possible to make an estimate based on their income, age, real assets, and spending habits. People always say that you’re the average of five
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Do you know what’s fun and free? Dreaming BIG! A while ago, I thought: Can Financial Samurai be the next billion dollar financial technology company? After all, all my writing is from firsthand experience. Further, you are seeing a lot of personal finance sites grow with a bunch of inexperienced freelances. As kids, we use to
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Rents have been going up aggressively since 2020. And it always amazes me how much some people are willing to spend on rent. This article will discuss who spends over $100,000 a year on rent. I’ve been a landlord of multiple properties in San Francisco since 2005, and have several renters who have paid and
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Pop the champagne! I recently celebrated my 18-year anniversary of being a landlord. There have been plenty of headaches along the way, but I realized everything is fixable with time, money, and compromise. To celebrate, let me teach you how to minimize tenant vacancy for maximum rental income. The one thing I’m very proud of
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Reddit recently hosted an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session with Hardeep Walia, Founder and CEO of Motif Investing, and former SEC Chairman (1993-2001) and Motif Investing Board Member, Arthur Levitt. There were some pretty interesting exchanges that I thought were worth highlighting for anybody who uses Motif Investing and who is interested in investing as a whole.
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