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Net Worth Update: August 5, 2020 - Uncertainly Positive
This feels awkward to write. The world is in such a weird place right now. People are suffering, dying, jobless. Hell, I'M in an...
Zach
Aug 6, 20204 min read
Real Estate Investment #2 Update: Fundrise after 1 year
Over a year ago, I felt like I needed a real estate asset that wasn't correlated to the stock market. So, when the stock market went...
Zach
Feb 27, 20205 min read
Real Estate Experiment 1: UP 19.2%
Last year, I determined that I wanted to invest in Real Estate, but that buying physical real estate was not feasible due to being far...
Zach
Sep 7, 20193 min read
Net Worth Wowza!
For the first time, I've really felt the elation (and had the numbers to back it up), that my money is actually working for me. And not...
Zach
Apr 26, 20195 min read
The 4% rule: how to know you are financially ready to retire
One of the most common questions people first learning about financial independence ask is: "When do I know I have enough money to...
Zach
Apr 22, 20193 min read
5 Reasons We Are Bad At Managing Money - And 5 Solutions
“Money, I don’t know where it goes! On payday I have money, then, far too quickly, it’s just… GONE! I feel trapped in this endless cycle...
Zach
Apr 11, 20194 min read
Fundrise: Real Estate Experiment #2
I ran into a psychological block in my investing this past year. When I checked my quarterly net-worth progress there were several...
Zach
Feb 24, 20195 min read
Quarter 2 Rebalancing: The Simplification
It's time. Time for simplicity. Having re-read the classic JL Collins book, "The Simple Path To Wealth" for my Millionaire Teachers...
Zach
Oct 4, 20182 min read
Real Estate Experiment
Is anyone else skeptical about compound growth on index funds? Is it just me? I know that, so far, index funds have returned an average...
Zach
Aug 17, 20184 min read
Investment Philosophy #3: A mistake and a change
One of the main reasons for this blog is to document, warts and all, my financial journey. Today will be about a small wart that was...
Zach
Jul 5, 20183 min read
Quarter 2 "Re-balancing": That Was Easy!
On March 1, I added about $12,000 to my investments, and worked out how I could do that to maintain my desired 80/20 stock/bond split. I...
Zach
Jun 5, 20182 min read
Investing Philosophy Part 2: Which Index Funds?
UPDATE: I have gone against this reasoning and gone with VTI. Read this for a breakdown and charts and stuff! Back in February, I laid...
Zach
May 3, 20184 min read
My First Quarterly Rebalancing!
You've been investing for a bit, you have more money that you've saved to put into your account, and it's time to Rebalance! Now what? ...
Zach
Mar 1, 20183 min read
Investing Philosophy: Stock/Bond Allocation and Rebalancing
Want to figure out how many stocks and how many bonds to buy? How about when you should buy them? In this post I will detail my own...
Zach
Feb 25, 20184 min read
From Bags to Riches - An Overview
One of the main reasons I started this blog was to detail my journey to Financial Independence (FI). I want to record what works, what...
Zach
Feb 13, 20182 min read
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