When it comes to growing your net worth, having extreme net worth targets by age, income, and work experience is a good idea. Even if you can’t reach the extreme net worth targets, you will likely have pushed you harder had you not had such aggressive goals. Most people don’t have any net worth targets […]
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In my post discussing how managing your family’s money can be a full-time job, I reveal how I didn’t realize my wife’s SEP-IRA account was sitting on 25% cash for who knows how long. With so many accounts to manage, this mistake ended up costing us several thousand dollars in opportunity cost. As a result,
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Getting rich is about willpower. Without willpower, you will likely never get ahead of the masses. You need willpower, endurance, and grit to get richer than the masses. In the 1960s, Columbia University psychologist Walter Mischel conducted an experiment on children that is now often referred to as The Marshmallow Test. Walter invited various aged
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Are you wondering how often should you rebalance your 401k? The quick answer is at least once a year and at most once a quarter. You want to stay on top of your 401k so its asset allocation doesn’t drift too far from your ideal asset allocation. At the same time, you don’t want to
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Do you have a complicated net worth like me? If so, it may be a good idea to look at a simple net worth. The more complicated your net worth, the more you need to stay on top of it with a free tool like Empower. A blogging buddy of mine named J from Budgets
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One big goal on Financial Samurai is to highlight to readers what is financially possible. Once you know what is possible, you minimize your limiting beliefs and tend to strive much farther. You can actually save more than $100,000 in your pre-tax retirement accounts per year! Let me explain with some basics first. The 401k
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Are you wondering: Should I borrow from my 401k? The short answer is no. Do not borrow from your 401k if you want to have a robust and healthy future. Your 401k is for your retirement. If you borrow from your 401k, you might not have the discipline to pay yourself back. Once you start
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It’s a worthwhile goal to be great at something – top one percent great. Being a jack of all trades, master of none is an excuse many of us use because we aren’t willing to try harder. We know this, so we settle for good enough. Good enough is good enough if you’re content. But
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Senior workers outnumber teenage works for the first time ever. This is interesting because the pandemic has also created more job quits than any time in history. Bloomberg highlighted an interesting chart stating that for the first time ever, working seniors outnumber teens in the labor force. Currently 6.6 million people over the age of
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In my 9th year of early retirement, I realized I made a serious mistake that cost me $500,000+. Let me tell you what happened so you don’t do the same. The biggest financial mistake early retirees make are often realized until way after the fact. Estimated Passive Income In Retirement When I left Corporate America
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