Foundational Posts
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 best to put the money you have specifically set aside Read more…
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 saving money so I figured it was a logical step Read more…
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 the exact same) to describe the mentality you should have Read more…
The ability to control your emotions is an important skill for investing (and life). Human begins are emotional animals. That’s a fact. That fact shows itself in the stock market every year. Stocks become overbought or oversold all the time. Basically what that means is that when humans react to Read more…
The number one factor for building wealth for the stock market, is time in the market. The longer your investing horizon, the more you stand to make. You can be a great investor and earn 15% annual returns and quadruple your money in 10 years. Or you can be an Read more…
Everything in moderation, including moderation Oscar Wilde While overall I find this pretty good life advice, it also has applications for personal finance. Here I’ll focus on how you can apply this motto to building your portfolio – though it can also be applied to saving (it’s OK to take Read more…