I’m on vacation this week but I won’t leave you empty-handed. One of the things I monitor closely is what the Federal Reserve does at each of their FOMC meetings. As a matter a fact, I have these meetings in my own personal calendar and I will always take my lunch break around watching CNBC…
Update On Retirement Planning Spreadsheet
A while ago, I wrote a five step retirement plan that culminated in putting all the steps together here. The net result of all of that work was the creation of a spreadsheet to show us how our retirement money flows might pan out. I am still working on tweaking the spreadsheet and there are…
Off To Europe For The Easter Holiday
I will be traveling to Europe for Easter holiday but I have an exciting update to my retirement spreadsheet primed to post tomorrow. The comment feature should be working now but if your comment doesn’t show up it’s because I was unable to get access to approve it. Happy Easter!
My Personal Finance Toolbox – FRED
I’m starting a series on tools I have in my personal finance toolbox. These are the tools I use either daily, weekly or monthly to make financial decisions. If you wonder how I have time to use these tools, write this blog, and focus on my investments, the answer is easy. I often multi-task and…
Money Perspectives: Buddhism and Money
Youngey Mingyur Rinpoche has an entertaining, funny and spiritually enlightening view on how Buddhism views money.
Cancun, Timeshare Salesman, and the Diver
I wrote this story in my original blog but since I rebooted it, the archives got zapped so I’m writing it again because it was an experience that changed my life. Cancun In early 2000’s, as I recall, my wife and I took our kids down to Cancun, Mexico for a family vacation. We stayed…
Lesson Plan for Kids In Personal Finance
While my kids are a bit too old for early lessons in personal finance, I did come across the Financial Literacy Resource Center at Investopedia. They have a great list of lesson plans for kids from K through 5th grade. Here is a screenshot of the lesson plan. I have added this to my library…
Real Estate Rental Properties & Risk Mitigation
We own some rental properties and we are far from being experts in anything related to real estate rentals. We became accidental rental property owners but it’s worked out ok so far without any major issues. I really like the mostly passive income stream that comes from property rentals but it’s not completely passive. Last…
What They Don’t Tell You About Retiring Overseas
My wife and I have been thinking about retiring overseas. We both have traveled to at least 30 or more countries over the years and we are always thrilled when we meet new people and learn from others. Our favorite things to do is immerse ourselves in the local culture and we usually start that…
Should Billionaires Exist? Yes, They Should
I was having dinner with a group of very old friends a few weekends ago and we talked about many topics but one of things that came up was when “Bob” said something that startled me, “billionaires shouldn’t exist” he said as part of a discussion about the state of the economy, poverty and our…