Eddie from Finance Fox writes an intriguing post entitled, “Money Will Change You“. I salivate at the picture he uses because it is my dream to one day never have to fly commercial again! Having a matching Aston Martin waiting for me with Kate Upton in Monaco wouldn’t hurt either! When Eddie was in serious
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Financial Samurai Online Services (FSOS) was my consulting business I ran to help readers with their finances. However, as a father of two kids now, I’ve put my FSOS and Interview/Resume optimization services on pause. Dear Readers & Potential Clients, Over the past seven years, I’ve spent 35 hours a week amassing over 10,000 hours
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Back on April 20, 2012, I had just negotiated a severance from my banking job. My next thoughts were one whether to start a family. So I had a thought: Is the top 1% better than the 99% at raising a family? Let’s discuss! The Top 1% And Raising A Family I stumbled across a
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The following is an April 12, 2012 guest post from Mr. Money Mustache (MMM) about early retirement. As someone who kickstarted the modern-day FIRE movement in July 2009, I let MMM guest post on Financial Samurai to help spread the word. He had recently started his blog to focus on what we now call Lean
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Australia is one of the richest countries in the world. In fact, the average inheritance in Australia is the highest in the world! How can this be when Australia doesn’t have many world-class companies you’ve heard of? Let’s explore Australia’s education, investment, tax, healthcare, and retirement system. Australia: One Of The Richest Countries In The
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Since the very beginning of Financial Samurai, I’ve sought to delve into the psychology of wealth by focusing on stories about wealth and moving beyond numbers. My favorite is, “The Curse Of Making Too Much Money And Not Pursuing Your Dreams“. It’s infinitely more interesting to learn about what makes people happy, and what wealth
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Corporate greed by PG&E killed my friend’s family. It is a sad sad story. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), your San Bruno gas pipeline blast killed my friend’s wife of over 20 years and his daughter in 2010. Thousands of people depend on you for energy to heat their homes and cook their food. How
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I just got done with two things: 1) Writing a check for another $1,000 more in taxes to the Federal Government for 2011, and 2) Re-reading the article, “The Average Percent Of Income Donated To Charity Can Improve“. Hopefully all of you are on pace to finish doing your taxes before the April 17th deadline.
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After January/February’s credit card spending blow out of around $3,100, I’ve successfully reduced my latest credit card spending by 61% to $1,200! $1,000-$1,500 is the target credit card spending range I have every month. If I can spend just $1,000 one month, it’s like building a $500 buffer to be able to spend $2,000 ($1,500
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Have you ever wondered when is it time to give up and admit defeat? You’ve tried so hard at something and things aren’t going as planned. Instead o f suffering more, perhaps it’s better to give up! I played 6 sets of singles the other day. That’s right, 6 consecutive sets over the course of
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