Personal finance links: your brain on money
Retirement savingsWhat the self-employed need to understand about saving for retirement. (peterlazaroff.com)Michael and Ben talk with Bill Sweet about how…
Going Neutral
ONE OF THE KEY skills I quickly learned as a new parent: how to curb some of my emotions. Take…
So You Turned $300k Into $3 Million. Now What?
A reader asks: Ben, wanted to get your thoughts on my mother’s situation. She is 83 and has been an…
Arbitrary
Month-end. Year-end for that matter. I tapped balances and prices into my financial scorekeeping spreadsheet. A ritual of sorts. Tradition…
Inheritance Tax – A Brief Overview
Having recently moved house and also reviewed my end-of-year portfolio and finances, this is probably a good time to include…
10 Investing Lessons from 2020
While many of us want to leave 2020 in the past (myself included), it was a year filled with investing…
Best global tracker funds – how to choose
The only equity allocation you really need is a global tracker fund, as ex-hedge fund manager Lars Kroijer has previously…
Early Retirement Extreme – A Systems Approach to Lifestyle Design
On today’s episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I finally got to interview the person who introduced me to the…
We deceive ourselves about financial incentives
By JOACHIM KLEMENT In the world of business, I don’t think there is any job where in some…
Whole New Game
BASEBALL USED TO BE a game where managers would go with their “gut.” But Brad Pitt changed everything. In the…
Why Your FIRE Number Is All Wrong
At first glance, it seems easy enough. Figure out your spending needs. Divide by the safe withdrawal rate (SWR). Done…
Do you know your three different FIRE net worths?
Tracking your net worth is a crucial part of understanding how much wealth you have. In theory it sounds simple…
Why Bubbles Are Good For Innovation
In the 1970s, researchers at Corning Glassworks developed an astonishingly clear type of glass. Scientists at Bell Labs took the…
How to create a budget without impacting happiness
This post goes into the psychology of money, the recipe for human happiness as well as ways you can use…
As Interactive Investor targets EQi, should we fear platform consolidation?
Flat-fee platform Interactive Investor looks set to gobble up rival platform EQi. It’s just the latest in a Hungry Hippos…
Not Preferred
PREFERRED SHARES are mighty tempting right now because their yields are so much higher than most bond yields. For instance,…
What happens AFTER fund managers crush it?
Investors and the media tend to pay close attention to a fund’s recent performance. When a fund’s short-term record…
A late starter who conquered the buy to let market
‘L’ is the kind of person whom one could listen to for a very long time – a gentle and…
Seven years of Financial Independence
Most financial blogs about financial independence, or “FIRE” (Financial Independence Retire Early), concern themselves with the journey to reach that…
Stock, Bond & Cash Returns: 1928-2020
Historical market data can’t help you predict the future but I still find it useful as a way to understand…
Pay Yourself First Rule: The Secret To Saving?
The pay yourself first rule is often flaunted as the holy grail of saving money. Alongside “spend less than you…
Why you should aim to retire early even if you like your job
There’s a myth out there that all people aiming for early retirement hate their jobs. Now, don’t get me wrong,…
Riot? What Riot?
THE CAPITOL WAS invaded by an angry mob 11 days ago. A week later, the House of Representatives voted to…
Vanguard LifeStrategy now in Europe! A Retriever Portfolio in One ETF
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100 Reasons You Need Financial Independence
“Do I need Financial Independence?” You asked and came to the right place. Although nobody can answer a lifestyle question for…
There is no such thing as 100% safety, there are only trade-offs
Like many other people, I get emails. One thing I noticed about these emails in 2020/21 is that many of…
Why We Go Wrong
I’VE LONG BEEN flummoxed by the difficulty people have managing money. It all seems so intuitive: Save, invest, repeat. Buy…
Wealth Tax – Should You Be Concerned?
A deep dive into the different areas a wealth tax could target and personal opinion on impact The post Wealth…
Greatest Hits: Volume 3 (Home Stretch)
And just like that, we are two weeks into 2021. I think we can all agree that so far, it…
Woodford: Was the writing on the wall at Invesco?
A new book on the Neil Woodford scandal is about to be published. When the Fund Stops by…