Investing

Strategies For Dealing With The Next Recession

Last Updated on March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 6 Comments
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I’ve always thought that one of the formative periods of my life was the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009. It’s an event that I think defined my cohort. We graduated into one of the worst economic periods in history, and if the studies are right, it might have set us back financially for the […]

Do Bonds Really Stop People From Freaking Out?

Last Updated on March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 10 Comments
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When it comes to investing, it seems like most longterm success comes down to a few things. First, you have to pick a reasonable asset allocation, which generally means investing in a broadly diversified portfolio (I recommend Total Stock Market Index Funds like VTSAX, FSKAX, or the like). Second, once you’ve picked a reasonable asset […]

Lively HSA Review: The Best Free HSA For People Pursuing Financial Independence

Last Updated on March 26, 2020February 16, 2020 12 Comments
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If you’re into personal finance or financial independence, you probably know about the HSA (Health Savings Account) and how you can use it as a sort of extra tax-advantaged retirement account. The government gives you a limited number of tax-advantaged accounts, so it generally makes sense to take advantage of as many of them as […]

More Important Than The Perfect Portfolio – It’s Picking Something And Sticking With It

Last Updated on February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 12 Comments
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One of the challenges that I’ve had to deal with during my (admittedly short) investing career is avoiding the persistent urge to tinker. There’s this thing that I think happens to a lot of us as we begin to learn more about investing. We start devouring a lot of information and get a handle on […]

$600,000 Earned In A Decade – What Do I Have To Show For It?

Last Updated on January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 14 Comments
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Earlier this month, I put together two posts looking back at the past decade of my life (which you can read here and here). I’ve had a lot of important and formative events happen to me over the past decade – graduating law school, starting my first job, meeting my wife and getting married, quitting […]