Back in 2011, the U.S. government made its move. It froze bank accounts linked to Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker, indicted 11 founding executives, and came after the industry for $3 billion in fines and restitution. The stated reason was that online poker was illegal gambling. The real reason, as one player put […]
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I’ve come up with a great business idea in the worst sector in the world. No sector has had more bankruptcies than the airlines industries. That said, I’m undaunted because I know demand when I see it! Introducing Samurai Airlines, where babies pay more and the person in the middle seat gets both armrests! The
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The Samurai Fund was my fun way of getting Financial Samurai readers involved in investing. Since inception in 2010, The Samurai Fund has crushed the S&P 500 in returns. The secret to investing is to come up with a dollar-cost averaging system and keep investing for the long run! If you invested $100,000 back in
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Do you want to join a private sports club for networking and entertainment? I had this dilemma back in 2010. Today, I’m glad I did because I’ve made a lot of friends in the process. Despite having to pay a $10,000 initiation fee, I decided to join a private sports club in San Francisco. It
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Back in late 2012, the year I left my banking job, I had a dilemma. I was wondering whether to run a comfortable lifestyle business or shoot for the big eight-figure payout with venture capital financing. I’m pleased to say that 14 years later, I’m still happily running Financial Samurai as a comfortable lifestyle business.
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There’s a whole world out there of financial products I have very little understanding about. Apparently, there’s a market for buying and selling a structured settlement for cash after you win big money after a court case. The following is a guest post by Jason from JG Wentworth which pays people cash now for settlements which
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May retail sales drop 1.2% or the most in 8 months as more and more people turn to personal finance bloggers for frugality advice! I’m pretty certain nobody has ever come up with this statement, but think about it for a little bit. The Rise Of Personal Finance Bloggers Why is it that the public
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Look around. What do you see? I see packed buses, traffic jams, busy open houses, expensive restaurants with only 9pm seatings, and friends finding new jobs again. Double dip recession? I don’t think so. With the Dow over 22,000 and the S&P 500 over 2,400 post Trump victory, it’s time to live it up! Yet,
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As I wrote in my review of “Your Money Ratios”, Charles’ book sings to me. Charles has the ability to simplify complicated financial topics for the average reader to understand. His book is seriously one of the best books I’ve read on personal finance in a long while. One of the keys to progress is
Charles Farrell of “Your Money Ratios” Speaks About Retirement And Investing, Read More »
So far over $7 million has been raised to help Haiti by just texting the word “HAITI” to 90999. You’ll get a confirm receipt from your mobile carrier once sent. Please consider donating! This week on Financial Samurai, we’ll share our thoughts on the latest government rhetoric, highlight a guest post by Flexo, introduce a new
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