Lifestyle deflation is what happens when you are overly frugal. Frugality is often praised as a key element to achieving financial independence. Frugality is one of the hallmarks of the FIRE movement I help pioneer in 2009. However, it’s easy to take frugality too far. I’m frugal to a fault. For 13 years after college, […]
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Boomers bashing millennials about their avocado toast craze became a meme. And the reality is, spending massive money on simple food is not a great habit to build wealth. “When I was trying to buy my first home, I wasn’t buying smashed avocado for $19 and four coffees at $4 each,” Tim Gurner, an Australian
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A fantastic topic came up over dinner one day regarding how to increase job security in today’s highly volatile economy. The usual tips came up, such as: be invaluable, develop strong internal relationships, and never call in sick on a Friday (slacker). All tips were logical, but the more we drank, the more out of
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Here’s a guest post from an angry retail banker. Every time I’m waiting in line to deposit a check at a bank, I wonder what the hell is taking so long. Who are these people with huge envelopes full of cash? Why does the elderly lady always have to argue with the teller about why
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Millennials tend to get a bad reputation for work ethic, money management, and common sense. The term quiet quitting was invented by Millennials during the pandemic as a way to not work more. But perhaps this is not fair as every older generation tends to bag on younger generations. However, if you’ve gotten a sense
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Let’s go through a new year checklist for financially wise people. If you want to build wealth, then you need to be methodical in your financial decisions. The great thing about the Financial Samurai community is that most of you are intelligent, hard working, non-delusional people who are willing to put in effort for reward.
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Building wealth has become second nature to me. It’s what happens when you write more than 1,300 personal finance articles over seven years. Not only does writing help you get smart about the topics you write about, many of the articles themselves are moneymakers thanks to the internet! Of course, everything may go to hell once
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Whatever asset class you invest in, it’s always go to optimize the return. Even if you are just saving money in a money market account, you should optimize the return when you can. Data by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) reports the national average on non-jumbo money market accounts deposits (i.e. less
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Are you conflicted by how much time and money you should give to help other people because you aren’t financially secure yet? Because you feel fortunate, do you feel guilty for not giving more? Welcome to the club! In my 20s and early 30s, because I was getting beaten by a stick at work, I struggled with giving
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The median net worth for US families in 2018 plunged to just $77,300 from a high of $126,400 in 2007. This is according to the Federal Reserve’s Triennial Survey of Consumer Finance. $77,300 can’t even buy you two years of private college tuition! No wonder why so many people think the US is screwed. The
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