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October 2016: Our Money Went Where? - Slowly Sipping Coffee

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Saying goodbye to the 9 to 5. October 2016: Our Money Went Where? November 7, 2016. November 7, 2016. Our money went where? Let’s take a look! Overall, our yearly spending is still projecting us to be just under $50k/year which is right in line with our assumptions. Woohoo! Like everyone else with money in the markets, our overall investments are down 1.5%, booo Still on track to be FI by 2018 though, so that is excellent! October…. Not so much. Haircuts ate up $56. Usually, they aren’t lined up like...

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Secrets of a $100,000,000 Roth IRA - The Biglaw Investor

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Secrets of a $100,000,000 Roth IRA. How you can use these strategies to build a mega Roth IRA balance. The government keeps detailed statistics on its citizens, some of which make headlines but most of which go unnoticed. One statistic recently caught my attention and particularly the number 314. Because there are at least 314 people with Individual Retirement Accounts with balances over $25,000,000. Let that sink in for a moment. Over 314 people have IRAs with more than $25 million dollars. One case stu...

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Renting vs. Buying: The Pros, Cons, and Costs - Creating My Kaleidoscope

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In Pursuit of a Beautiful, Multi-Faceted Life. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. DIY & Upcyle. Keeping It Simple: Recipes. Renting vs. Buying: The Pros, Cons, and Costs. 6 Comments ↓. Mr Smith and I lived together in an apartment before we bought a house together. Our first home is now a rental property. We’ve gone through a few changes in our housing situation over the years, and will probably need to move again someday in order to accommodate our growing family. Can cut down your mont...

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New Year's Reflections: Getting Back To The Why - Creating My Kaleidoscope

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In Pursuit of a Beautiful, Multi-Faceted Life. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. DIY & Upcyle. Keeping It Simple: Recipes. New Year’s Reflections: Getting Back To The Why. 12 Comments ↓. This past week has brought me back to the beginning of our financial semi-independence journey. Whereas short-term goals may help keep you focused, I find that the vision of achieving your long-term goals can. Writing up our most-recent financial update. It was really awesome to chat with Laura. Her...

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Make Smarter Decisions - Saturday Share Day, 2017 - Week #1 - Make Smarter Decisions

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Maximize satisfaction. Minimize regrets. Make Smarter Decisions – Saturday Share Day, 2017 – Week #1. January 7, 2017. By Make Smarter Decisions. This year I am hoping to add Saturday Share Day. As a feature at least a few times each month. In December, I reviewed the goals I set. In August. And with some reflection on where I have been successful in life, I shifted my goals to a more lifestyle based focus on habits. J$ and Cait at Rockstar Finance. And Eric Ravenscraft at Lifehacker. If you haven’t chec...

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Investing | 10! TEN FACTORIAL ROCKS

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Save money. Avoid traps. Invest well. Find meaning! Learning From The Investment Oracle (not the one you think). March 15, 2017. Warren Buffett’s legendary investment skills, folksy wisdom, dedication to shareholders combined with a frugality-effacing, witty personality have made him a darling of the global investing community (except Wall Street firms, which he deservedly chides). Many of us love to read his legendary annual letter to shareholders that he publishes in the…. February 27, 2017. You did be...

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You'll Never Know if You Don't Try... - Slowly Sipping Coffee

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Saying goodbye to the 9 to 5. You’ll Never Know if You Don’t Try…. December 13, 2016. December 13, 2016. And you walk away right at the worst moment. I’m trying to say, You’ll never know if you don’t try. That last part really stuck with me in relation to our Fully Funded Lifestyle Change (FFLC). Journey, recent career changes. And even a new venture concept I came up with a few months ago. Let’s start with the FFLC aspect. Try and Try Again. When this FIRE (Financially Indpependent Retire Early). What i...

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Earn Big Bucks by Searching w/ Swagbucks - MMO Series - DIY Jahn

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Living life to the fullest on a frugal budget – a young couple's dream of being debt-free. DIY Projects & Recipes. April 13, 2016. April 12, 2016. Earn Big Bucks by Searching w/ Swagbucks – MMO Series. Earn Big Bucks by Searching w/ Swagbucks. I like big bucks and I cannot lie, you other brotha…. Okay, okay, I’ll stop. Anyway, I found us yet another resource to earn some quick money online. Isn’t that what we are all looking for? This site is called Swagbucks. Please read this section. If you have a topi...

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Fees - The Stealthy Kiwisaver Killer - Quit Work For Life

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Quit Work For Life. Fees – The Stealthy Kiwisaver Killer. 8220;An investor with $1.00 invested in 1900 would have seen his dollar grow to over $1,000 in real terms, if they had paid the industry average of 3% in management, monitoring, performance and trading fees then the real terminal sum would drop to just $37.40”. It’s a no brainer. If you only read this one line then know this – Fees matter! And maybe it would have got a bit more attention. Kiwisaver accounts (and managed funds) are charging us huge...

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Goodbye Quinn - Slowly Sipping Coffee

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Saying goodbye to the 9 to 5. January 10, 2017. Lots of questions; questions you don’t really get to make with people. If she was a person, she’d be in a home, just waiting to die, getting visits from us on the weekends, if we weren’t too busy, but maybe I’m more of a pessimist in that regard. Harley, the crazy quiet dingo. Lola, the new queen of the castle. I’ll just miss her period. She added a lot to the household and was great with the kids, and pretty much, I’ll just miss her. Ellie @ The Chedda.