The following is a guest post by Colleen Kong Savage, an illustrator and designer transitioning from SAHM for over a decade to trying to make it on her own as a freelancer. She discusses why it’s so hard to ask for what we’re worth. Why does asking for money make so many of us squirm? […]
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I know plenty of people with money, lots of money. Me, I’ve got just enough to not work full-time, which makes me happy. I know far fewer people with power, lots of power. For those with power, their lives seem quite fascinating. Given we tend to want more of what is less common, is it
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The following is a review post by my good friend Sydney, who’ve I’ve brought on board to write more frequently here on Financial Samurai. This is a sponsored review. We all love to have choices. Being able to choose our jobs, where we live, what cars to drive, and what we do with our money
Cinch Financial Review: An Easy Way To Find Better Financial Products Read More »
One of the side effects of reading a personal finance site is that you might end up getting a lot of anxiety, or FOMO, as the younger generation likes to call it. You read how much some folks are saving, how much they are making, and how early they’ve retired and fear you’re not doing enough!
Suck It Up Already! Suffering Is A Rite Of Passage Read More »
Do frugal people have an unfair competitive advantage when it comes to accumulating a prodigious amount of wealth because they were just born that way? I’m beginning to wonder based on two things that happened recently. 1) Homejoy, a three year old housecleaning startup, decided to close its doors after raising about $40 million in
The Unfair Competitive Advantage Of The Wealthy: Being Genetically Frugal Read More »
When we’re young, we have this idealist image of the way the world should be. Then we enter the work force, get beaten down by the system, and fork over a good amount of our earnings to the government. Suddenly, we’re no longer as much about helping other people or higher taxes anymore. Instead, we’re
It’s Virtually Impossible To Escape The Allure Of Money Read More »
Here are Justice Anthony Kennedy’s words after the Supreme Court voted on June 26, 2015 that same sex couples have a constitutional right to wed. Justice Kennedy was the swing vote. No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital
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I am a big fan of everybody checking their credit scores at least twice a year regardless of their borrowing needs. The world is a sinister place where greedy corporates go to no ends to crush you for being late on any payments you’ve made, no matter how small. There are also an endless amount
Who Should Check Their Credit Scores And How Often? Read More »
Do you know what’s fun and free? Dreaming BIG! A while ago, I thought: Can Financial Samurai be the next billion dollar financial technology company? After all, all my writing is from firsthand experience. Further, you are seeing a lot of personal finance sites grow with a bunch of inexperienced freelances. As kids, we use to
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Reddit recently hosted an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session with Hardeep Walia, Founder and CEO of Motif Investing, and former SEC Chairman (1993-2001) and Motif Investing Board Member, Arthur Levitt. There were some pretty interesting exchanges that I thought were worth highlighting for anybody who uses Motif Investing and who is interested in investing as a whole.
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