Investments

I’m always looking for new investment ideas due to excess cash flow. All of you who spend less than you make should have the same problem. But given we are near all-time highs in the stock market, good ideas are harder to come by. I’m also always being asked by folks who discover my background whether

This post is a reminder that we can and will lose money if we invest in risk assets for a long enough period of time. The only way to never lose money again is if we never make any investments. Let’s discuss some things to do before making any investment. We keep our money in

Before you read my investment outlook for 2018, you must first understand my financial situation and my biases. Our biases often warp our reality by anchoring us to past situations. Permanently left work in 2012 at the age of 34 Net worth got crushed by ~35% in 2008-2009 Small business owner who will benefit from

I started Financial Samurai. Today, I’m 48 and life accelerates as we age. One day you may wake up and find yourself in the middle of a midlife crisis. The key to getting through it without going broke is to create a midlife crisis fund in advance. That and mentally prepare as much as possible.

Here are some investing lessons from a surreal 2017. It’s always good to learn and review each year to hopefully improve risk-adjusted returns. At the beginning of the year, I decided to track my investments with a detailed spreadsheet. My cash flow was increasing and I wanted to make sure the money was being properly deployed.

Interesting in investing in speculative investments like Bitcoin without losing lots of money? You’re not alone. With Bitcoin and other speculative investments reaching all-time highs, everybody is feeling investing FOMO and wanting to get rich quick. In late 1999 I had my Bitcoin moment. I was a 22 year old first year analyst working on