Negative Nellies I love writing in this space, because I’m the youngest of 8 children. My oldest sibling(s) has an entirely different idea about “Financial Independence and retiring early”. Flat out they discourage it. I don’t know if it’s because
Frugal Money saving tip #6 The short answer is “Get your wife to do it”. Actually that reminded me of an old parable that my friend shared with me many years ago. It went something like this. “When there are
An age of retooling Ever since I started retooling some job skills, I’ve been wondering how to best take a 401k early withdraw to pay for some continuing coursework. Boy did I receive an education! Finance after 50 can involve
Watching the grass grow I enjoy most of the financial blogs that I follow. However, I must say, most of their advice centers around the basic “Buy Low and Sell high” theory. Actually, it’s even worse than that. I call
Time to think Lying in a hospital bed for 4 days, I had a lot of time to think. I thought mostly about my wife of 27 years and how she would get along financially, without me. You see, I’ve
It’s hard out here for a…..writer When I launched this blog over a year ago now, I must admit, I thought it would be a little bit easier. At least to get random traffic. Boy was I wrong. I was
Everyone Dies Not to be a negative Nelly or even a negative Fiddy, but it’s the truth. My Dad died of a heart attack at 64. Father-in-law died of a heart attack at 64. My half brother died of a
Cold calls and whales Investing advice doesn’t come cheaply. Thinking back now, it was almost exactly the scene out of the movie “Boiler Room”. That scene had shown the brokerage guys of a “chop shop”, cold calling doctors and trying
TIP: Put off major purchases as long as possible A lot of the personal finance blogs that I follow really focus on figuring out the difference between a “want” and a “necessity”. That’s no small feat. Especially when it comes
In 2016 I churned over $1M dollars in trades on one of our retirement accounts. (a more detailed post on that is in the works) My return at the end of the year? About $2K. Wah Wah. We’re you expecting