In the beginning of my financial journey, I envisioned retiring around the age of 53. The reason for this odd mile marker choice was that this would be my age when my daughter went off to college. I figured if I retired earlier I would still be bound to my daughter’s school […]
I enjoy perusing the web and reading blog posts and articles that catch my eye. Some of the great posts I have come across I share with my readers through my Grand Rounds series. Sometimes a particular passage in an article is thought provoking and I thought I could highlight/elaborate on it […]
[Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links that provide compensation to me for any products purchased at no additional cost to you.] You know you are getting old when you have unexplained aches when you wake up in the morning. I have no idea what’s going on when I sleep but I must be […]
Note: I have just revamped my Net Worth Spreadsheet template and added more tips on my Fortress Of Solitude hidden page accessible only to subscribers. You now have the ability to enter how much you want to invest and the spreadsheet spits out how much money needs to go towards each asset class based on […]
Welcome to this episode of The Doctor’s Bill (Can You Afford It?). Wonder if you should buy that big ticket item or not? Well here’s your chance to have a wealth management expert, Johanna Fox Turner, of Fox & Company Wealth Management analyze your overall finances and make a final verdict on […]
Welcome to this session of grand rounds, a collection of posts I have discovered in the blogosphere and have found of interest and hope you do too. This offering of Grand Rounds looks at articles from around the web that deal with some of the potential downsides of pursuing FIRE (Financial […]
Twenty-four hours! Can I make it? I’ve never gone this long without before. I definitely would not have had the willpower on my own to do this previously. But here I was, forced in a situation where I indeed had to go “cold turkey.” For those unfamiliar with the term “cold turkey,” it […]
We are all guilty of it. I know I certainly am. When I am faced with pages and pages of legalese, my eyes tend to gloss over and I tend to skip to the end. How many of us have read word for word the iTunes Terms and Conditions Policy when we […]
Please check out part I of this interview to get you up to speed. As we were concluding the interview, we delved into another fund that Origin is proud to be offering and one that has the potential to save investors a lot of tax liability if used correctly. I felt the information […]
Today marks the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As it is women that keep us guys in check and make the world go around, it is important that precautionary steps be taken to ensure that you do not leave prematurely (having the XY component of our population left to our own devices […]
