Financial Independence is a Side Effect
Financial Independence is a Side Effect Financial independence is a side effect of a life well lived. Or it should be. That’s not to say that I got it right, nor have I found...
Category: Equities
The Many Benefits of A Crisis
The Many Benefits of A Crisis I have neck pain. It’s been going on for years. Usually I get sore stiff muscles once a week and a headache. This is the consequence of having...
My First Speculative Market
My First Speculative Market I really could never fall for Bitcoin. It holds about as much interest for me as tulips! Yet, that doesn’t mean that I have not been a victim of rampant...
The Quickest Path To Wealth
The Quickest Path Dear readers, I’ve been holding out on you. I have the secret. The secret to building wealth. Those of us with high net worth have been banking on it for years....
Is Risk Management The Same As Timing The Market?
Risk Management I spend a lot of time discussing risk management with my patients. There are those things we can’t control, mostly genetics and bad luck. For everything else, there’s a plan. Diet...
Good Decision/Bad Decision: Financial Advisors
Good Decision/Bad Decision Today’s subject will hopefully be part of a regular series of Monday posts. As you recall, I recently started Gratitude Wednesdays. This series will focus on my past decisions to shed...
What’s Your Number?
I get this question posed to me all the time. What’s your magic number? When will you have sufficient assets to call it quits? How much is enough? And each time I shake my head...
Second Generation FI: A Life Without Light Bulbs and Inflection Points
One thing I love about the FI blogosphere (Podcastosphere?) are the founder stories. Each and every blogger has a unique and enduring story about how they stumbled into this madness we affectionately call financial...
Why I Fired My Financial Advisor
Like most busy young professionals, I convinced myself that I had little time to worry about my finances. My young adult mind argued that my energies were better spent building my career, pumping up...
