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A Financial Dilemma: Save Your Parents, Your Children, or Yourself

After publishing my piece on the shocking cost of eldercare, a question kept nagging at me that I couldn’t shake: when money is finite and the people you love are.

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FIRE Psychology During a Stock Market and Economic Downturn

As someone who’s been writing about FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) since 2009 and actually leaving full-time work for good in 2012, it’s been quite an interesting ride. For the.

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How To Improve Your Home’s View With Foresight and Patience

In a previous post, I debated whether it’s better to buy a home with a bigger lot or an amazing view. One key point was that unlike increasing livable square.

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Finding Purpose In Retirement Or Unemployment Is Easy

One of the biggest fears workers have about retirement is losing their sense of purpose. That fear is not unfounded. It is one of the negatives of early retirement nobody.

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A Crashing Stock Market Is Great For Our Children’s Future

One of the biggest conundrums parents face is managing their own emotions when a stock market, real estate market, or any other risk asset takes a dive. On one hand,.

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The Pain Of Selling A Home Too Soon In A Rising Market

Recently, a home in the beautiful Forest Hill neighborhood of San Francisco was listed for $2.4 million. It had four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a modest 2,250 square feet. The.

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Real Estate Is The Easiest And Safest Way To Profit From AI

All of us have three main options to profit from AI: 1) Invest in the right AI companies. 2) Work for the right AI companies. 3) Invest in real estate.

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The FIRE Movement Is So Back Thanks To AI Disruption

From 2009, when I started writing about FIRE, until now, the FIRE movement has had a great run. It was born out of the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, when hundreds.

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Becoming A Competent Investor Is A Vital Skill To Master

Back in 2012, when I left my finance job, I worried I had made a huge mistake. The money was good. The job provided decent status. But I was exhausted.

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How ETFs, Open End Mutual Funds, and Closed End Funds Trade

After Fundrise announced it plans to list the Innovation Fund on the NYSE, I decided to do some more research on how different funds actually trade and why float matters.

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