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Tracking Finances: Quarter 3
Quarter 3 and I saw more eye to eye. This was an up and down, but a little bit up, quarter for the stock market, rising from around...
Zach
Jul 26, 20183 min read
Consumerism is a Cult, and We're ALL Brainwashed
I've always had a weakness for beautiful cars. The BMW 7 series gets me every time. The grille of a Mercedes S class makes me purr like...
Zach
Jul 18, 20186 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
Savings Journey: June 2018
There was awesome news, and a stupid mistake this month. Awesome news first! I surpassed my savings goal for this school year!!! My...
Zach
Jul 1, 20182 min read
Be Generous, Not Sentimental. Get Rich.
For International Teachers, this is the leaving time. I'm losing the entire 8th grade team that I've loved working with so much here at...
Zach
Jun 23, 20184 min read
Saving Money By Drinking Cheaper
Dubai has the most expensive beer in the world. It’s a scientific fact. More expensive than London, more expensive than Singapore, and...
Zach
Jun 11, 20187 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
Savings Journey: May 2018
May was an odd month for spending and saving, just weird in many ways. The biggest difference was I paid half my rent for next year, and...
Zach
Jun 1, 20181 min read
Munchies in May: The Conclusion
A month has come and gone. The experiment to see how much money I could save by not going out to eat (only 5 times all month) or...
Zach
May 30, 20185 min read
Make Money By Creating Passionately
Back when I was much younger and sillier, I used to go to this club in Bahrain with my friends. We would go every week and dance and...
Zach
May 23, 20186 min read
Why International Teaching is Financially Awesome!
"You know, if you have any Bachelors Degree and a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate, you can get a job in tons of...
Zach
May 16, 20185 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
Savings Journey: April 2018
April was a good month for saving. The only "unexpected" cost was I paid about $300 more for my flights this summer than my travel...
Zach
May 2, 20181 min read
Munchies in May: Save Money Through Food!
How much money can I save by not ordering delivery food? How much can YOU save? Let's use the month of May to put forward an...
Zach
Apr 29, 20183 min read
Tracking Finances: Quarter 2
This Quarter's (January 23, 2018- April 25, 2018) been bumpy! The Market has been down, then back up, then down again! Trump has been...
Zach
Apr 26, 20182 min read
When Virtue Turns to Vice
For a long time, as an investor, I would look at my portfolio too much. How much you ask? Like keep a tab open on my Ameritrade for the...
Zach
Apr 18, 20184 min read
Savings Journey: March 2018
A double punch to the wallet this month in terms of my ability to save :( In the "unexpected purchases" category, my TV died. That...
Zach
Apr 1, 20181 min read
How do you save money? A simple system
For some people, saving money is an almost impossible task and a taboo subject. When I tell people I've been able to save money no...
Zach
Mar 30, 20186 min read
Master Your Money With the Financial Triangle!
Stolen viciously from Millennial Revolution Just like so many things in life, Financial Independence can be grossly oversimplified to a...
Zach
Mar 19, 20184 min read
I started a Millionaire Teachers Club at my school, should you?
Should we help those in our communities get their financial houses in order? Is it worth our efforts to create networks that can help our...
Zach
Mar 14, 20183 min read
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