As an early retiree since 2012, let me share with you the secret to early retirement. I originally wrote this post in 2010 when I was desperately seeking to leave my arduous finance job. I had been working in banking for 11 years and was completely burned out. Now that I have more than a […]
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California is broke. And some would argue the poor are bringing the poor and middle class down with them. Governor Schwarzenegger declared that some 200,000 California state workers are to receive minimum wage. That’s earnings of just $15,000 a year to help shore up the budget deficit. $15,000 is quite a salary cut from the
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The Simple Dollar book by Trent Hamm comes as close to a page turning thriller as a personal finance book can get! I read the book in a couple days when I went on a business trip. It is quite enjoyable how Trent integrates his personal life with personal finance teachings. If you’re a personal finance
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Well, well, well. Not everyday does a $300 million dollar mega yacht stop by the San Francisco Bay Area! The creatively named “A” yacht is owned by 38 year old Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko and his lovely supermodel wife Aleksandra! Andrey made his money in fertilizer, banking, and energy and is worth a reported $4.4
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Want to get rich? You may want to kick your own ass. Are you afraid of hard work? I’m not. You can lock me in a room, tell me to demolish it down to the studs and build it back up again. I’ll do it even if there’s only a sliver of hope of something good
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Do you know what’s really annoying? When rich people call you cheap. Rich people have all the money in the world! Of course they don’t work about the little things. I ran into one of my golfing buddies the other day while waiting for a colleague. Greg the golfer is an every day fella who so
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I don’t talk much about my finances, but I will tell you that I’m in the process of refinancing a couple mortgage loans down by 1% each. The interest savings is tremendous. This makes me think deflation is out of the question. And makes me very positive about consumption trends going forward. Ten other people I
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Well, here we are! It’s been six month since the original challenge was announced and I want to congratulate all of you for making it this far! The network has grown to be a powerful one and now it’s up to us to harness it for the greater good This is where the 2nd challenge
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Thanks to the invention of blogs and social media, you can intimately feel the summer malaise upon us. To participate in the change in moods, I’ll be lightening things up a little bit. I’m switching gears for the summer. I’ve always been kind of a joker. Just check out my April Fool’s joke on buying a
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Let’s be honest. The West Coast is the best coast. West Coast living is far superior to East Coast living, especially during the winter time. I’ve lived on both coasts for over a decade and am giving you guys the honest truth. Despite an honest attempt to search for more great things about the East
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