If you want to get ahead, have a productive morning. A productive morning will likely make you richer. Unfortunately, a productive morning might not always mak you happier. Let’s say the average person wakes up at 7 am and goes to bed at 11 pm. You decide to wake up at 5:30 am and work […]
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Accurate passive income forecasting is important for tax minimization, better time utilization, stronger mental health, and increased overall happiness. Some passive income investments are harder to forecast than others. In 2020, I made a big mistake by inaccurately estimating my passive income. At the beginning of 2020, I estimated I would earn roughly $70,000 from
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If there’s a car in your blind spot and you swerve suddenly, there’s a good chance you’ll get into an accident. Your accident will not only cost time and money to fix, you might also suffer an injury or even die. If you have financial blind spots, the consequences can be just as severe. I can’t teach you
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November 2020 was a solid month. After a disappointing October 2020, the S&P 500 and NASDAQ returned 10.8% and 11.8%, respectively. After November’s gains, the S&P 500 is up 12% for the year. Could you have guessed that after being up ~30% in 2019, we’d be up another 12% during the middle of a pandemic?
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Are you wondering whether you should buy your stock options after leaving a startup? This article will address whether you should or not. For background, I did buy my stock options when I left my startup after three years. It worked out well. A couple years ago, this one 28 year old woman I knew
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Dollar-cost averaging is the act of consistently investing in a particularly security over a set interval of time. Whether you know it or not, you are likely dollar-cost averaging every time you get a bi-weekly or monthly paycheck. For example, at the beginning of the year, you may elect a fixed percentage of your pre-tax
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Back in 2011, I decided I wouldn’t pay off my mortgage until I retired. I was still working in banking and had a strong amount of cash flow. I thought I was going to work for at least another five years. Then, in 2012, I retired by negotiating a severance package that provided for six
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Inflation is elevated. As a result, let’s look at investments to hedge against inflation. If our income and our investment returns are not beating inflation each year, on a relative basis, we are losing. Therefore, it is up to each of us to at least keep up with inflation. My annual net worth growth target
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I’m not sure if homebuyers truly realize how much concentrated risk they are taking when they buy property. Most middle-class homeowners have a majority of their net worth in their primary residence (~80%). This can be dangerous during a downturn. Therefore, I want to use this post to discuss the main types of investment risk
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A bullish indicator gives investors more confidence to buy or hold a position. There are many variables to track when making an investment decision. However, this bullish indicator has been flashing green since 2Q2020 and is still flashing green today in 2021. As I was updating my post on helping people decide whether to pay
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