Looking for Robinhood alternatives? You’ve come to the right place as a DIY investor. Robinhood is an online brokerage house that steals from the poor (retail investors) and gives to the rich (hedge funds). Robinhood doesn’t charge its users a fee. But it sells its order flow to hedge funds and other institutional investors. When […]
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As someone who plans to re-retire by December 31, 2027 after grinding during the pandemic, I’ve been thinking about how much investment risk to take in retirement. You see, once you retire, your goal is to stay retired and enjoy the rest of your life free of financial worry. After all, first rule of FIRE
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Let me say up front that day trading is a waste of time and money. You are much better off investing in long-term trends and dominant companies that are consistently growing their earnings and dividends. Day trading is the exact opposite of buy and hold investing. I first started day trading in college. It was
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Passive and active investing are two ways to make investment returns in the stock market. Since my first job in finance, I’ve always actively invested some of my funds to chase unicorns. The question is: what is the best split between passive and active investing in the stock market? If you are only a passive
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The global pandemic has taught us all that having a job you can work from home is huge. Although my son’s school was shutdown, I was able to keep working as a blogger on Financial Samurai. The fact that I could keep my business open made me an even bigger believer that blogging is the
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United States property is dirt cheap compared to other international real estate markets. The sooner you realize this fact, the better for your happiness and wealth. Since COVID, the U.S. stock market has been a huge outperformed compared to the rest of the world. Foreign money will pour back into the U.S. Therefore, you had
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Despite all the hassle, you want to travel or live abroad with kids. Exciting! As the global economy reopens, more families are wanting to travel or live abroad. This post will give you some food for thought as I’ve been thinking about doing just that over the next 24 months. I loved growing up overseas
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Have you just been rejected by a company you desperately wanted to join? Are you now feeling melancholy because your future isn’t going as planned? Don’t worry! I’ve got a money-making and heart-mending solution for you. In Three White Tenants, One Asian Landlord, I wrote about my experience getting rejected by over 100 tech companies
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The ideal mortgage amount was $1,000,000 before the Tax Cut & Jobs Act was passed in 2018. Today, the ideal mortgage amount is $750,000, if your income can afford it. Assuming you put down 20%, a $750,000 mortgage means you’re buying a $937,500 house The reason why $1,000,000 was ideal was because that was the
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As of September 3, 2024, NewRetirement has been rebranded as Boldin, to appeal to a wider and younger audience. Boldin’s retirement planning software is for DIY investors and retirement planners, and is also being sold to corporations as an employee benefit. So in this NewRetirement, Boldin review, I will refer to the company as Boldin
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