I took the lazy journey to wealth and it’s worked out well for me. Thanks to Younger Me, I’m financially comfortable and should be for the rest of my life. My parents gave me a good education, but no one would ever mistake me for a trust fund baby. They set a good example of […]
You need not make every mistake yourself. There’s always the option of learning from my mistakes, or others’ mistakes, and doing better. It’s one of the better aspects of being a sentient being who can learn from the world around them. Back in 2008/2009, there was a recession. I got scared and I stopped contributing […]
Look… I’m not an expert on the economy. I don’t have crystal ball, nor can I tell the future. I’m in the same boat that you are – inflation is way up, house prices are crashing, mortgage rates are increasing, stock markets are wildly volatile. What does all this mean from one day to the […]
Not a single one among us is born knowing how to use money perfectly. Our skill with money comes from making mistakes and learning from them. For my part, I’ve made several notable mistakes with money over the years. I’ve written before about how I failed to take action with my investment plan for 5 […]
Longtime readers of this blog are familiar with my plan to build an army of little money soldiers. Each soldier is a dividend-producing unit in my investment portfolio. Every month, I direct money to my brokerage account and buy as many units as I can afford in my preferred exchange traded fund. I’m not proficient […]