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Category: Finance
FIRE often involves mathematical analysis of your personal finances and holistic strategic approaches to your financial goals. Our Finance articles address this.
This category includes content about financial topics. This may relate to personal finance, investing, financial independence, and early retirement.
Investment strategy can make you rich at the risk of losing it all or offer average returns (which might be enough!). What’s better for you? Read ETF vs stock.
Here’s how to analyze your own buy vs rent and invest scenario, deciding to invest in either needs to be part of your financial independence plan!
Should you pay off your mortgage or invest extra money? Besides the return on investment difference, sometimes you want to reduce your income.
A diversified portfolio isn’t enough: learn to be a disciplined investor to avoid the behavior gap. Behavioral finance teaches us about investment biases.
Understanding happiness as a function of income and the marginal utility of income will shortcut your path toward how to build wealth in your 20s and freedom.
Is there a perfect index fund, VTSAX vs VTI? Compare Vanguard’s titans and 5 alternative mutual funds & ETFs to make the best decision for your portfolio.
Could real estate investing be the route for Mike’s family to reach financial independence with their $1.5M net worth goal?
Our dividends tumbled but an Accountable Plan rescued our savings rate! We’ve revealed our net worth details for a little financial voyeurism.
Our thirteen-year saga from student loan debt, to graduate school, shifting careers, and starting two businesses. At the lowest point, we went from a negative $107K net worth to $1.2M in nine years. This is how we became millionaires and reached financial independence.