Category: Personal Finance

In a previous post, I estimated how real estate performs at various levels of a stock market decline. In my opinion, the sweet spot for real estate outperformance is somewhere between a 15% – 25% stock market decline.[…]

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When I started writing about achieving financial independence in 2009, there wasn’t a lot of hoopla. We had people mainly discussing how they built large enough investment portfolios that spit out enough income to sustain their early retirement[…]

To get through the latest bear market, I thought it would be fun to go through an exercise that will surely make you feel better. The exercise is a gratitude journal for money. Simply write down all the[…]

Americans are facing a difficult dilemma. How long are we willing to purposefully shut down our economy to combat the coronavirus and risk losing even more people due to a great depression? I don’t know the answer, which[…]

Instead of telling you how my family is doing OK during the coronavirus crisis, I wanted to share with you how our family is being negatively impacted. From going through a logical exercise on how to predict a[…]

Are you wondering when the stock market will bottom? So am I! When there is stock market pandemonium, there tend to be a lot of worst-case scenarios thrown around e.g. zombie apocalypse with no food, electricity, or running[…]

When the S&P 500 initially corrected by 10% in 2020, I immediately thought to myself: thank goodness for bonds, cash, and real estate! I had bought a slightly larger home last year with stock proceeds and existing cash.[…]

Now that millions more people are working from home due to the coronavirus, I thought I’d share some tips on how to keep your sanity. I haven’t worked in an office full-time since 2012. Losing the routine and[…]

With real estate firmly in the forefront of investor’s minds now that stock market volatility is back, I thought it would be good to look at the best cities to buy real estate in America. Real estate continues[…]