Can bringing your lunch save you $2,000 or more dollars per year? Let’s begin with a bit of backstory. I started my career off at Goldman Sachs working in the foreign exchange department fresh out of college. I was making pretty decent money for a young grad and had very Read more…
ETFs and index funds Exchange traded funds, or ETFs as they are commonly called, are often a great way to track a collection of securities such as stocks. These can often track an underlying index of some type – like how the Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK) tracks the FTSE Read more…
FIRE, the goal we should be striving for The goal, in my opinion, that we should be striving for is called FIRE. FIRE stands for financial freedom, retire early. It sounds a lot like what it is, people attempting to save as much as they can in order to gain Read more…
Credit Cards for Everyday Use In general, our philosophy with credit cards is to get the best deals – like most people. However, we picked a few credit cards that we think are the best of the best for 2021. These cards have no annual fee, no usage requirement, and Read more…
The shortest summary of A Random Walk Down Wall Street: TLDR: “Market prices are so efficient that normal investors are better off buying and holding index funds than attempting to buy and sell individual stocks or actively managed funds.” A somewhat longer summary: A random walk is accepting that Read more…
Most investors tend to exhibit certain trends when they invest and one of the most observable ones is home country bias. Home country bias is when an investor is over exposed to domestic equities in their investment portfolios. Let’s look at how this happens, the pros, cons, and how to Read more…
These are a many investment and financial services out there. This is a list of various products we use and endorse. Further, we’ll make notes on ones we have heard of which have high reviews and good products as well. Is there a service here that you love but don’t Read more…
In preparing for your financial future there are many things that can impact it, from the job you choose, to how much you save every month, how much debt you choose to take on, and how you manage your credit. However, one thing I’ve noticed is too few people understand Read more…
Building credit and using credit cards is an important long-term goal most Americans should have. Building credit allows individuals to get better deals on interest rates for loans – like car loans, mortgages, and personal loans. However, the average American uses far too much credit card debt. Last year the Read more…
Asset allocation is perhaps one of the most important concepts investors and financially savvy people can know. You should be asking yourself, two questions. One, how old you are? Two, what your risk tolerance is? And you should be asking yourself these questions when you first create a portfolio for Read more…