I love Rockstar Finance (RF). It is my ‘go to’ resource to see what’s happening in the personal finance blogging world. I have had the privilege of having a number of my articles featured in RF and enjoyed the warm blanket feeling of seeing thousands of visitors on my site on the day I am rockstar’ed! […]
What’s up, folks?! The last time I published here was on New Year’s Eve announcing our big decision! You must have been back to your daily grind – whatever it may be – after a good holiday season. These breaks often remind us why getting back to full-time work is harder after retirement. So, […]
Simply safe dividends – that’s what every dividend stock investor wants. Even if you are undecided on the ‘eternal’ debate between index fund investment and dividend stock investing, it stands to reason that you want your investments to grow. Growth, keeping up with inflation or going beyond it, can only happen if the business you […]
After last week’s article explored why many multi-millionaires are worried about money, today we focus on another angle. Not exactly millionaires, but affluent retirees are also worried about running out of money. So, they chronically under-spend, leaving big portfolios and delighted heirs behind. Bloomberg’s article on this subject shared some interesting facts. I will […]
Recovered from my big reveal last week yet? 🙂 Today’s post is an interesting segue while revealing yet another tidbit about me. I read an article recently in The Globe & Mail, a Canadian newspaper. Yes, I do read magazines from outside the U.S. Of course, I stick with English newspapers published around […]
This is a guest post by Jacob Evans @ DollarDiligence. The topic of student loans is always current on people’s minds, especially those with kids or young adults in college or many having college debt. Persistent student loans (or lack thereof) plays a significant part in your net worth journey. College costs are not in […]
In the world of deception, there are lies, damned lies and statistics – in that order (as Mark Twain said). What makes statistics so dangerous is that it often comes under the garb of “data” but is subject to all sorts of cognitive biases. Recently, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an article – […]
This is a continuation from Part 1, which generated some controversy as I expected. If you came here straight, please read that post prior to continuing here. Points 1 -7 are covered in the previous post. There are some thought-provoking points in this 2-part series. Think and be aware before blindly buying into any real estate ‘investment’. “We […]
Quite some time ago, I received an interesting email from an ‘insider’ in the real estate finance industry. His mail is in line with my views on real estate as an investment, but with some disagreements. I have largely reproduced it here with only some edits to be relevant to the present scenario. If you are already financially […]
I have made no secret of the fact that I like both index investing and dividend growth investing, and use both to build my passive income and net worth. My series comparing the two can be found here. For international investing, I prefer indexing and ETFs mainly because of inconsistent disclosure norms, accounting standards and investor […]