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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.
Our 2020 financial mistakes cost us over $40K! Here’s how you can avoid the same failures in 2021 and lead a richer year.
A message from the future warning me of the true cost of college may have changed the course of my financial life.
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The Architect Who Made Nothing
Not every dollar is earned equally. Are you spending your least valuable dollars in such a way as to waste your most valuable resource, your time?
![So confident in my FU money, I spent much of late 2010 traveling the world after I was escorted out of the building when I said "no". [Shot from the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland]](https://www.tictoclife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/what-is-fu-money-1200x675.jpg)
FU money gives you control over your own destiny. It lets you take risks and act with confidence & patience to become even wealthier while protecting yourself.
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.