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As discussed in a previous post, one of the quickest ways to build a financial portfolio that will carry you (and your loved ones) into a successful future is to cut some of the expenses that add little to no value to your life. Some things, such as rent and insurance, are required (though…
We’ve all heard the stories: people win the lottery and are broke five years later, famous athletes and musicians file for bankruptcy; and the concept of “high-income poor people.” The fact is, many middle-class Americans are woefully unprepared for their golden years, though they may lead a relatively well-off lifestyle. When we begin our financial livelihood (usually as teenagers),…
Like Penicillin, sometimes the best ideas are discovered by accident. This was the case when I stumbled upon an insurance hack to money management. Up until this point, I’d been mostly talking in hypotheticals, but this turned out to be the real deal. I wasn’t trying to optimize my finances when I bought my participating…
From time to time, I geek out on spreadsheets, especially when I think I can prove a bogus idea wrong. On my recent cruise to Alaska, while the missus and kids snoozed, I would rise early, hit the library, and …. work on spreadsheets for the heck of it (see: geek). I decided to tackle…
Growing up, I was always fascinated with languages. Even as a child, the idea of communicating with people from a different culture seemed terribly exciting to me.
A couple of months ago, my oldest, Zach, told us he was going to quit school. If getting an A- was an Asian F, well, what does that make a college dropout?