Personal Finance for Beginners I
Start in Your Twenties This is the start of a new series here at RetireJapan. Over the next four weeks we’ll be looking at personal finance for people in their twenties, their thirties, their forties, and their fifties. If you’re too old for today’s post feel free to read along anyway -you can think of […]
Junior NISA Progress Report
It’s going. But not particularly quickly. So I finally got around to opening a Junior NISA account for my granddaughter. It took quite a long time as the process was a bit involved and we needed some back and forth, but the account is now open and awaiting funds. The first hurdle is that only […]
Make Small Money Mistakes
Get the big things right, don’t worry about the rest Following on from Wednesday’s post about budgeting, this is something I picked up from Ramit Sethi, the guy who wrote I will Teach you to be Rich (and runs the website of the same name). One of the best ways to approach personal finance is […]
Budgeting
It’s not as important as they say Budgeting is one way to get your spending under control. Basically you would plan out how much you want to spend on various things, and then try to stay within the planned amount. Many people swear by budgets and find them useful. Personally I don’t like budgeting. I […]
Evangelical
Personal finance is a bit like a religion Sometimes I take all this personal finance stuff a bit too far. My life has been transformed by learning about personal finance. It is better in almost every way. I am more relaxed, more confident about the future, and don’t really worry about money any more. On […]
Questions?
We may have answers Just a quick post today, as I’m leaving for Nagoya in a few minutes. I would love to hear your questions. Questions about personal finance in Japan. Questions about products. Questions about investing. Pretty much anything you are curious about. This could help me in three ways: I may end up […]
Buy to Let in Japan 3
Osaka Case Study This is the third and final installment in our Buy to Let in Japan series. You can see part 1 here and part 2 here. The author works in the sector, has written for “Asian Property Review” (Malaysia), “iProperty Group” publications (Singapore), “Bigger Pockets” & “Real Estate Investing Wealth Monthly” (both US based), been […]
RetireJapan Survey(s)
Last one for a while, I promise A bit of a mixed post today. 1. Newsletter timing survey2. RetireJapan Guides survey3. JALT2016 1. Newsletter Timing A few weeks ago I ran a poll after a reader wrote to me asking me to change the timing of the email weekly newsletter (sign up at the bottom […]
Review: Global Asset Allocation
Very interesting for investing geeks I picked up Meb Faber’s Global Asset Allocation, A Survey of the World’s Top Asset Allocation Strategies, and it basically does what it says on the cover. The book compares over ten diversified portfolios (including the Permanent Portfolio, the Harvard portfolio, Buffet’s 90/10 plan for his wife, etc.) and looks […]
Buy to Let in Japan 2
But wait This is the second in our three-part series on buy to let in Japan. You can read part 1 here and part 3 here. The author works in the sector, has written for “Asian Property Review” (Malaysia), “iProperty Group” publications (Singapore), “Bigger Pockets” & “Real Estate Investing Wealth Monthly” (both US based), been interviewed at length […]