The Ultimate Investing Checklist
January 20, 2026
This simple checklist tells you in which accounts to invest, in which order, which investments to buy and when to sell. Everything you need to know on a note pad!
New Year 2026 Sale! July Sale! This simple checklist tells you in which accounts to invest, in which order, which investments to buy and when to sell. Everything you need to know on a note pad!
I often get asked, “what is the best index fund?” And the answer is “it doesn’t really matter.” There aren’t “good” or “bad” index funds.
There’s this myth out there that something magical happens at 65 years old that allows you to stop working. But that’s not true. In the
There’s a lot of “AI bubble” hype right now. A lot of investors are SURE that the entire stock market / economy is being propped
File this post under “no dumb questions!”. It’s really easy once you do it once or twice, but to someone who hasn’t been investing for
This post pains me to make a little bit, because I fear there are some people who are going look at the left side and
The truth is, we can never know what’s coming next for the market. It’s not something that can be predicted, because everything humans know is
A couple rules of investing I’ve adopted from the Bogleheads are as follows.1. Never bear too much risk2. Never bear too little riskBearing too much
Some of my least successful posts are when I talk about credit card points, because I don’t like them. It’s WAY more fun to think
Don’t get me wrong. I’m an academic and money nerd at heart so I love to geek out on all the stuff on the left
This simple checklist tells you in which accounts to invest, in which order, which investments to buy and when to sell. Everything you need to know on a note pad!
I often get asked, “what is the best index fund?” And the answer is “it doesn’t really matter.” There aren’t “good” or “bad” index funds.
There’s this myth out there that something magical happens at 65 years old that allows you to stop working. But that’s not true. In the
There’s a lot of “AI bubble” hype right now. A lot of investors are SURE that the entire stock market / economy is being propped
File this post under “no dumb questions!”. It’s really easy once you do it once or twice, but to someone who hasn’t been investing for
This post pains me to make a little bit, because I fear there are some people who are going look at the left side and
The truth is, we can never know what’s coming next for the market. It’s not something that can be predicted, because everything humans know is
A couple rules of investing I’ve adopted from the Bogleheads are as follows.1. Never bear too much risk2. Never bear too little riskBearing too much
Some of my least successful posts are when I talk about credit card points, because I don’t like them. It’s WAY more fun to think
Don’t get me wrong. I’m an academic and money nerd at heart so I love to geek out on all the stuff on the left
