“The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket.” – Kin Hubbard Over the next few weeks, I am going to write a few articles that focus on saving and investing for retirement. Before I get into these topics, I want revisit an article I wrote 2 years ago: Investing …
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There’s A Difference Between Investing and Speculating!
The stock market has been on an ABSOLUTE tear this year. If you live in Japan, you have seen the Nikkei index rise close to 40% year-to-date. According to my readers' demographics, no one in Japan even knows I exist so I'm not sure why I'm quoting the Nikkei. Nonetheless, even for all my friends in …
The Honeymoon is Over and the Dollar is Weak
You may have noticed that I haven't written a blog post recently. That's primarily because... I'M MARRIED ...like...to my wife. I have a wife, now. The Honeymoon is Over We returned home from our 2-week honeymoon which included a nice combination of tourism and relaxation. We visited …
2 Irrelevant Reasons To Buy And Sell Stocks
You've got to be confused. One minute, I'm telling you to invest as much money as you can because stocks will rise. The next minute, I'm telling you that an economic collapse is inevitable. Then I tell you why you shouldn't be overly optimistic about stocks and now I'm going to tell you why you …
Should You Buy Stocks NOW?
When people get too pessimistic, I enjoy dishing out encouraging words to breathe life back into their lungs. On the other hand, when people become overly optimistic, I unfortunately have to be the one to bring them back down to Earth. On August 30th of last year, I wrote that Stocks Will Rise …
Warning: The Market is NOT the Economy
I love drug commercials. Actually, it's the composition of the commercials that I love. If a commercial lasts 1 minute - the first 25 seconds will show an attractive couple dancing freely and breathing clearly in a gorgeous, green prairie field. As the couple continues their dance, the latter 35 …
Should I Convert My 401(k) to a Roth?
Alright homies, now that I've stressed the importance of diversifying your taxes, a natural follow-up article would be something like "Should I convert my 401(k) to a Roth?" It would also make sense to ask this question because of the recent changes regarding who can convert to a Roth. As part of …
