
Cut the crap: Own fewer things and nicer things
I have a lot of t-shirts. If I had to estimate how many, I would guess one million. I think it’s because I like t-shirts.
I have a lot of t-shirts. If I had to estimate how many, I would guess one million. I think it’s because I like t-shirts.
To figure this out, I downloaded the historical S&P 500 data going back 100 years and wrote a small program to analyze it. Your investment
2020 has been a rough year for reasons we’re all well aware of, but silver linings! Bars being closed means that for many of us,
The world is a funny place because we can all only see it from our own perspective. But we often see opinions or behaviors from
Let me start off by saying this: I don’t think it’s a good idea to dump all your money into Tesla stock. I personally don’t
Last night I had this great idea in the shower. I was going to make a post to illustrate the devastating impact of buying a house and selling sooner than five years. The crushing 6% realtor fee (huge relative to a 20% down payment), the missed opportunity cost of investing that down payment, the nefarious impact of taxes, insurance, maintenance, mortgage interest and closing costs. It would serve as an illustration of how the financial benefit of owning is really only reaped after many years of ownership.
I don’t expect this post to do well. It’s not sexy. But it might make you more money than of my other posts. Meanwhile,
Our current president tweets a lot about how the stock market is doing exceptionally well, implying that it is his doing. I posted in past comparing the stock market return over recent presidential terms and it turns out President Trump’s term ranks 7th out of the last 10.
A habit I see among people constantly struggling with money is looking at money as something to spend. We’ve all seen it. Someone gets a bonus or has a windfall and mentally divides up how they’re gonna spend every dollar.
A look at monthly costs and total interest paid for 15 vs 30 year mortgage
I have a lot of t-shirts. If I had to estimate how many, I would guess one million. I think it’s because I like t-shirts.
To figure this out, I downloaded the historical S&P 500 data going back 100 years and wrote a small program to analyze it. Your investment
2020 has been a rough year for reasons we’re all well aware of, but silver linings! Bars being closed means that for many of us,
The world is a funny place because we can all only see it from our own perspective. But we often see opinions or behaviors from
Let me start off by saying this: I don’t think it’s a good idea to dump all your money into Tesla stock. I personally don’t
Last night I had this great idea in the shower. I was going to make a post to illustrate the devastating impact of buying a house and selling sooner than five years. The crushing 6% realtor fee (huge relative to a 20% down payment), the missed opportunity cost of investing that down payment, the nefarious impact of taxes, insurance, maintenance, mortgage interest and closing costs. It would serve as an illustration of how the financial benefit of owning is really only reaped after many years of ownership.
I don’t expect this post to do well. It’s not sexy. But it might make you more money than of my other posts. Meanwhile,
Our current president tweets a lot about how the stock market is doing exceptionally well, implying that it is his doing. I posted in past comparing the stock market return over recent presidential terms and it turns out President Trump’s term ranks 7th out of the last 10.
A habit I see among people constantly struggling with money is looking at money as something to spend. We’ve all seen it. Someone gets a bonus or has a windfall and mentally divides up how they’re gonna spend every dollar.
A look at monthly costs and total interest paid for 15 vs 30 year mortgage