Cash vs Stocks in 30 Years
Cash or stocks – hoard or invest? This discussion comes up so often that I’d like to write a short post on it and reference it when needed. Unless you’re a subscriber and got this
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Category: Personal Finance
Inflation Explained
Before I was living in The Netherlands and before I knew about FIRE, a friend of mine opened an interesting discussion. He said that he was thinking about how much money a person needs in
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Asset Allocation
Now, when you understood the ultimate market trend and how the economy works, it’s time to learn how to utilize what you already learned. Basically, index investing through index funds and ETFs is the foundation on which
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Geographic Arbitrage – The Secret to Early Retirement in Europe
Every person who researched FIRE, especially those in higher earning fields, eventually came to the realization that the USA is the easiest country to make it in. And this doesn’t only include the difference in
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Should I Rent or Buy? Find Out in 7 Steps
Most of us have been there – wondering whether buying is a good idea, or at least if it’s better than renting. Many compromised and made the less-then-ideal decision due to FOMO, social pressure, or
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3 Financial Mistakes I Made
Personal Finance mistakes are not just consequences of insufficient knowledge or experience, they’re also part of human nature. We continuously miss out on opportunities or remain ignorant to factors that may improve our financial situation, but
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I Hate Spending Money
As I grow older I become more and more tolerant to many things I’d never expect to. I wouldn’t say that I’m accepting all of them fully, but I’ve lowered the threshold to indifference for
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How to Set up an Emergency Fund
Regardless whether a person has FIRE aspirations or not, cutting expenses is a smart move and shouldn’t be overlooked. Damn, that hurt! Sorry, I bit my tongue really hard there… Let me paraphrase it in
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