The Samurai Fund was my fun way of getting Financial Samurai readers involved in investing. Since inception in 2010, The Samurai Fund has crushed the S&P 500 in returns. The secret to investing is to come up with a dollar-cost averaging system and keep investing for the long run! If you invested $100,000 back in […]
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At long last, I’ve finally decided to buy a personal mobile device to go along with my work Blackberry. I want to keep things separate given it’s important not to mix personal with work in this day of scrutiny. Furthermore, with Yakezie.com now up, it’s important to try and keep in touch at least once
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Do you want to join a private sports club for networking and entertainment? I had this dilemma back in 2010. Today, I’m glad I did because I’ve made a lot of friends in the process. Despite having to pay a $10,000 initiation fee, I decided to join a private sports club in San Francisco. It
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Every two to four years we have government elections and every two to four years I wonder the same thing, “Does my vote matter?” In California, we have two Gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman (R) and Jerry Brown (D) who have the most vicious attack ads I’ve ever seen. Their ads make them BOTH sound unappealing,
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Watch Texas Rangers relief pitching if you want to learn how to NOT be clutch! Wow, I mean come on. How does that one kid throw 11 balls in a row and walk two SF Giants batters in the 8th inning of Game 2 when the bases are loaded? It’s absolutely unbelievable how bad the
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Back in late 2010, I had a dilemma. I was wondering whether to have a comfortable lifestyle business or the big payout with venture capital financing. I’m pleased to say that 14 years later, I’m still happily running Financial Samurai as a comfortable lifestyle business. Sure, I’m not crazy rich. But I feel rich. We
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The best way to lose weight is easier than you think. Let me explain after wearing the same size 33″ jeans since 1999. Yesterday was one of those perfect gastronomic days. For breakfast, there was all you can eat fruit and pastries. For lunch, some deliciously “low calorie” Greek baked spaghetti with garlic bread you see to
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The following is a guest post by a regular reader who is a 30 year old woman. She is thinking about kids and growing old. Here are her musings. So often we let society overly influence how we feel and act. I could go on for hours about topics like body image, nutrition, and politics
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Learn how to become a Certified Financial Planner thanks to Paul Williams from Provident Planning. He’s a fee-only financial planner in Lancaster County, PA, and regularly writes about personal finance from a Christian perspective. If you want to become a CFP®, he’d be happy to talk with you. I was excited when Sam invited me
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If you ever find yourself in a bizarre situation or want to get some interesting answers to a question, turn to social media. I recently got some deep thoughts on Twitter over cold food and suffering. Here’s how it all went down. I clicked the 2 minute super nuke button on my microwave before leaving
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