Do you suffer from apathy? If you do, you need to figure out how to care more ASAP. When you suffer from apathy, you no longer put in your best effort. That could be dangerous for your career, your relationships, and for your children. If you suffer from apathy, I’m pretty sure your finances will […]
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Is there really someone for everyone? Some would say so with over seven billion people in the world roughly split 50/50 between women and men. Maybe we get it wrong the first 10 people we date. Or maybe we think we get it right the first try only to end up divorcing several years later.
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Remember the $1.69 million three bedroom, two bathroom condo I used as an example in “How To Correctly Value And Analyze Property“? I forecast it would go for $1.85 million. 2553 Greenwich has a fantastic view of the Bay, but it doesn’t have a dedicated entrance, and it’s on three floors after walking up a
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Have you ever wondered how people can live in an expensive city on less than six figures? I wondered this all the time as someone who has lived in New York City and San Francisco for over 23 years. I first started my career in New York City as a financial analyst from 1999-2001 at
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Why do we discredit other people’s achievements? Instead, we should try to be nicer to people, especially after a global pandemic. People discrediting other’s achievements is so annoying that I’ve got to discuss this strange phenomenon. There are two main ways of getting ahead. The first way is to do everything you can to improve
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Let me introduce you to the DVD rental method to CD investing. When we first bought our $1,200 HDTV six years ago, we told ourselves never to go to the movies again until we watched enough DVDs to pay for the purchase. Every time we went to the movies, we’d have to pay on average
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Building wealth is a long game. It’s sometimes very easy to get discouraged as a result. Despite a lucky investment when I was 22, I felt very little pleasure having a large savings account in my early 20s. Money degenerates to just numbers on a screen that provides no utility unless spent. I was actually
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A structured note can save value investors from a bad trade. Let me share an example with an Apple stock structured note. Back in December 2012 I started geting interested in Apple (AAPL). The stock had fallen from $705 down to the low $500s as investors began to sour on its margins, the CEO, and
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Learning to be happy with what we have is on of the keys to long-term happiness. Money is only a tool to a better and happier life. Never forget this. Part of the reason why so many people are unhappy is because they are never satisfied. If you can find your ikigai, your “reason for
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