Retirement

What’s Your Ideal Income And Amount Of Work A Day?

Do you have an ideal income and amount of work a day? I do. My ideal income is $300,000 for a family of four while working four hours a day. With $300,000 a year, my wife and I can live a relatively middle-class lifestyle in an expensive city like San Francisco. Meanwhile, working four hours […]

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What’s Your Retirement Wealth Number?

Author Romeo Clayton of How We Prevent Wealth is hosting a challenge for all of us to figure out how much do we exactly need for retirement.  He calls it “The Wealth Number Challenge” where we input our current age, savings, rate of return, current tax rate, annual contribution, years during retirement and more to

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Making Money Too Fast Destroys You And Everything Around You

Eddie from Finance Fox writes an intriguing post entitled, “Money Will Change You“.  I salivate at the picture he uses because it is my dream to one day never have to fly commercial again!  Having a matching Aston Martin waiting for me with Kate Upton in Monaco wouldn’t hurt either! When Eddie was in serious

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Financial Samurai Online Services (FSOS) Is Open For Business!

Financial Samurai Online Services (FSOS) was my consulting business I ran to help readers with their finances. However, as a father of two kids now, I’ve put my FSOS and Interview/Resume optimization services on pause. Dear Readers & Potential Clients, Over the past seven years, I’ve spent 35 hours a week amassing over 10,000 hours

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Early Retirement: It’s Not As Risky As You Might Think

The following is an April 12, 2012 guest post from Mr. Money Mustache (MMM) about early retirement. As someone who kickstarted the modern-day FIRE movement in July 2009, I let MMM guest post on Financial Samurai to help spread the word. He had recently started his blog to focus on what we now call Lean

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A Look Inside Australia’s Education, Investment, Tax, Healthcare & Retirement System

Australia is one of the richest countries in the world. In fact, the average inheritance in Australia is the highest in the world! How can this be when Australia doesn’t have many world-class companies you’ve heard of? Let’s explore Australia’s education, investment, tax, healthcare, and retirement system. Australia: One Of The Richest Countries In The

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Reducing Credit Card Spending One Month At A Time

After January/February’s credit card spending blow out of around $3,100, I’ve successfully reduced my latest credit card spending by 61% to $1,200!  $1,000-$1,500 is the target credit card spending range I have every month.  If I can spend just $1,000 one month, it’s like building a $500 buffer to be able to spend $2,000 ($1,500

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