In my personal life I am public as the owner of this blog, and most people who have known me longer than this blog has existed know of my passion for frugality, saving money, and microeconomics in general. From time to time people ask me for advice or guidance, but …
I get challenged all the time on my decision to pay off my house early, and more often then not the person challenging me thinks I simply haven’t done the math which PROVES that it is a bad idea to pay off a mortgage early. I firmly believe that having …
In my article Building Generational Wealth I discussed how I plan to contribute $16,000 to my grandchildren at birth in order to give them a huge jump start on wealth building. Using the rule of 72 and an assumed 8% annualized return, $16,000 will become $74,000 at 20, $161,000 at …
Buy and hold is perhaps one of the best investing lessons there is. The idea is simple. buy stock often and hold on to it forever. Don’t look at daily or weekly stock charts, and don’t try to jump into the next hot stock every 5 minutes. When I first …