Enjoy your life, no matter the economic situation. If you do, then you’ll always be winning. The key is to recognize reality and take appropriate action. The Fed hiked another another 0.25% on March 23, 2023 to 4.75% – 5%. Despite multiple consecutive lower-than-expected monthly CPI numbers, a blowing up of regional banks and Credit […]
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For over 20 years, I’ve been a tennis club member. Player levels range from beginner to ex-professionals. Everybody gets along and rallies around a sport they enjoy, no matter their level of wealth. But I just realized something odd. And the realization wouldn’t have come had I not become a father. After three years of
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One of my goals on Financial Samurai is to share different perspectives. Roughly 15% of the world’s population (1+ billion), lives with some form of disability, of whom 2-4% experience significant difficulties in functioning. This is the minority group I’m most passionate about fighting for in this extremely competitive world. My hope is that more
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April is autism acceptance month and I’m grateful to share a personal and eye-opening guest post written by Sydney. She found out she is on the spectrum in her 40s, which came as a surprise to us both. It has been an enlightening discovery that has explained and taught us so much about how to
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You may not realize this, but a health savings account (HSA) can be used as a retirement vehicle. If you’ve maxed out your 401(k) and IRA contributions, maxing out an HSA could be another source of retirement funds. A health savings account offers triple tax savings because you contribute pre-tax dollars, pay no taxes on
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Between the ages of 18 – 32, I experienced chronic back pain, sciatica, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, and TMJ. It was only after reading Dr. Sarno’s book, Healing Back Pain, did my chronic pain eventually went away. Now, at 44, I hardly have any chronic pain. And when some ailment does flare up, I review
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When it comes to your health, be risk-averse. When it comes to your money, you can be more risk-loving. After all, if your investment returns take a hit, you can always spend time earning back your losses through work. However, if you lose your health, you might never recover fully. Sure, having money to pay
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To be savvy investors, we need to learn how to connect the dots. There are so many investment clues to discover all around us if we spend time observing. One of the dots I think I’ve connected is that old school health and fitness stocks are an intriguing laggard reopening trade. I’m not talking Peloton,
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They say money can’t buy happiness. But what if having money can make you less stressed, less jealous, less combative, less anxious, and more joyful? Then surely having more money can at least make you nicer right? I think so. My first realization with this correlation between niceness and wealth occurred at the end of
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If there’s ever a time to have the ideal body weight, it’s during a global pandemic! All the studies have shown that those who are overweight or obese have a much tougher time combatting the coronavirus. If you’re in better shape, you increase your chances of living or at least recovering quicker. Another thing to
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