My Roth IRA
This article will be the start of a series I will be publishing once a month that will track the performance of my real-life Roth IRA. I opened this account shortly after college in 2013, and contributed the max (around Read more…
Contractor vs Employee
I recently made the switch from being a full time W-2 employee at a fortune 100 Company to being a 1099 contractor. This is my first time not being a salaried W-2 employee with benefits. I did a fair amount Read more…
The Top 3 Retirement Accounts
There is some debate around where you should be putting the money you are saving. I plan to delve deeper into the after tax vs tax-advantaged accounts debate in a later post. Here I will focus on which accounts are Read more…
My Goals for This Blog
I originally bought the domain for this blog 2-3 years ago. At the time I had been sporadically writing finance article on SeekingAlpha.com during my first few years of post-college employment. I’ve always been interested in finance and making and Read more…
The “Screw it” Point
What is the screw it point? In short, it’s the point of not caring – but in a good way. One way I like to thing about it; My high school baseball coached used the exact same phrase (well almost Read more…
Alternative Loans are Rising Again
Today I had two separate notifications for articles about the rise in so-called alternative loans. One had a very click-bait-y title that forecasted a coming recession. The other was more factual. Sensationalist article titles are a major annoyance of mine. Read more…