Hi TFR Readers, I am happy to share with you that I was interviewed by Mr. 1500 at 1500days.com. Hope you enjoy reading my answers to his famous ‘ten questions’ and getting to know me a bit more. For those who don’t know Mr. And Mrs. 1500, they are a young FIREd family (Mr. […]
Where we live is a very important decision in our lives. For those in high cost-of-living areas, it can motivate their FIRE-seeking journey and for others already in low cost-of-living areas, it makes their FIRE real or well within reach. The world is full of interesting places with a wide variety of living costs. The earth […]
This website is fortunate to have high quality of visitors, based on what the analytics tell me. TFR is also fortunate to have a global audience and people from various industries (both working and retired). So, I am counting on your advice in this post. This is my first attempt at discussing a specific stock holding of mine. […]
Crony capitalism and stifling bureaucracy are the twin curses that block the progress of many developing and emerging countries. These two curses lead to a troubling disease – a parallel economy that runs on cash outside the formal economy and tax authorities. This underground economy runs on illicit or unexplained cash, but leads to real inflation […]
Don’t think so? You may be closer than you think. Read on. I grew up hating the rich because, in my idealistic younger days, they represented the anti-thesis of equal opportunity and egalitarianism. I heard stories from my parents about people who used their government connections to score sweetheart business deals, dodged their taxes, and were slave-drivers […]
‘Tis the season of health in U.S. and the mood is not healthy. Open enrollment periods in ACA (‘Obamacare’), fears about repeal of Obamacare by the new U.S. administration, and consequently, media and personal finance blogs worrying about impact of impending changes on the cost of health insurance and even the viability of early retirement. In addition, […]
Fear is everywhere. Our politicians scare us about a doomed future if they aren’t elected or if any of their policy proposals are rejected. TV reporters paint fearful pictures of our communities, our nation and our world by the images and news that incite fear and negativity – right in your home’s 75 monstrous inches of full HD 1080p resolution […]
I am angry today. My friend Paul has always been generous in his sharing and volunteering. He had lost his job and fallen on tough times. Being a nice guy that he is, he offered to pick up the lunch tab when he called to seek my advice. Knowing his situation, of course, I couldn’t allow it. […]
I am happy to share with you all today that this website has crossed two milestones. It is now a 3-month old baby and it has crushed Alexa 500K rank! I know nothing of web marketing and SEO tools (did not even know what the letters stood for until about a year ago) and yet, this website is making a steady march forward.
This would not have been possible without you. Thank you readers and fellow bloggers!
Raman Venkatesh is the founder of Ten Factorial Rocks. Raman is a ‘Gen X’ corporate executive in his mid 40’s. In addition to having a Ph.D. in engineering, he has worked in almost all continents of the world. Ten Factorial Rocks (TFR) was created to chronicle his journey towards retirement while sharing his views on the absurdities and pitfalls along the way. The name was taken from the mathematical function 10! (ten factorial) which is equal to 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 3,628,800.
It is only money and it grows on trees, according to Cara MacMillan. I read many articles daily and quite a few books every month. Occasionally, I am also sent new book material and manuscripts for review. I have turned down such requests largely because of time constraints. But this one was interesting and I […]