HSA: Why Health Savings Accounts Are an Ideal Wealth Building Tool
Big purchases tend to cause a ripple effect that goes beyond the sticker price. When evaluating purchasing decisions, we need to consider all the underlying costs as well.
Category: Investing
An Investing Story About Extravagance vs Value
A story from Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, a story about famous stock trader Jesse Livermore. Paying attention to extravagance vs value when investing and spending money.
11 Key Takeaways from Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Recapping Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, a story about famous stock trader Jesse Livermore. Covering investing, speculators, stock trading, and more.
Charlie Munger’s 4 Principles of Investing
Discussing Charlie Munger's 4 principles of investing, including margin of safety, competitive advantages, and Buffett's circle of competence.
Why Financial Independence is Our Biggest Long-Term Goal
The inspiration behind our pursuit of financial independence, our biggest financial goal. Time is our most valuable resource, we want to buy our freedom.
Financial Freedom Book Review: A Blueprint for Winning with Money
Reviewing Grant Sabatier's Financial Freedom book, discussing your money mindset, growing your income, side hustles, investments, and more.
Key Takeaways from The Essays of Warren Buffett
Recapping The Essays of Warren Buffett, including value investing, margin of safety, circle of competency, investment risk, and thinking long-term.
The Lost Art of Delayed Gratification
Discussing the importance of delayed gratification along the journey of building wealth. Balancing enjoying the present with preparing for the future.
Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett & Beyond – Key Takeaways
Key takeaways from Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett & Beyond. What value investing is, how to calculate intrinsic value, margin of safety, and more.
5 Key Takeaways from The Myth of the Rational Market
Key takeaways from The Myth of the Rational Market. Covering whether the stock market is rational, value investing, and more.
Dad’s Investment Reading Club 2018
Our attitudes and perceptions about money are often shaped by our background. Since financial education rarely ever happens in schools, a lot of our learning comes from our parents. This is the latest installment in my dad's creative way for getting me to read books about investing.
“Nobody Wants to Get Rich Slow”
Building true wealth doesn't happen overnight with a hot stock tip or bitcoin. Invest for the long haul and build wealth over time like Warren Buffett.
Ask the Readers – What Would You Do?
What would you do with a small windfall of stock shares? Hold the shares or sell them? Discussing the various options between holding, selling, diversifying, and paying off debt.
7 Key Takeaways from The Intelligent Asset Allocator
Recapping The Intelligent Asset Allocator including how to determine your asset allocation between stock and bonds along with rebalancing, diversification, and correlation.
Recapping John Bogle’s Common Sense on Mutual Funds
A recap of my key takeaways from Vanguard founder John Bogle's book, "Common Sense on Mutual Funds." Key lessons include index funds investing, simplicity, risk vs return, and keeping costs low.
Our Investing Strategy & How We Keep it Simple
A deep dive into our investing strategy, why we choose passive investing in index funds, and why you should get started investing as soon as possible.
5 Key Takeaways from Common Stocks & Uncommon Profits
My key lessons learned from Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits, including Philip Fisher's 15 points, scuttlebutt, and buying and holding common stock.
5 Key Lessons Learned from The Intelligent Investor
5 key takeaways from the classic personal finance book, The Intelligent Investor. Learning how to find value and take the emotions out of investing.
How My Dad Finally Got Me to Read Investing Books
Our attitudes and perceptions about money are often shaped by our background. Since financial education rarely ever happens in schools, a lot of our learning comes from our parents. This is my dad's creative way for getting me to read books about investing.
Stop Focusing on What You Can’t Control
There are a lot of circumstances in life that our out of our control. One of my favorite parts of personal finance is that it's one of the rare areas of life where we do have some control...
