Gold
All that glitters A really interesting guest post today from John. Something I haven’t really considered myself, although I did enjoy Andrew Craig’s book very much. Take it away, John! “Why buy gold? That’s a question best answered by the book How to Own the World by Andrew Craig. The short answer is diversification. As part […]
2016 Roundup II (May to Aug)
The good stuff from the middle of the year After last week’s post highlighting the best of January to April, today we have… the best of May to August. Shocking, I know 🙂 By far my favorite posts from the mid-year are the Reader Profiles. They are exactly what this site is supposed to be […]
The State of Retirement in Japan
Things are pretty bad here too The retirement crisis in the US seems to be getting worse. Here’s a nice post by Retire By 40 on the subject. Here in Japan things are not much better! This is a new guest post by Desmond P. who is rapidly putting me to shame with his contributions. I […]
Money Geek Poll
Somewhat Predictably A few weeks ago we ran a poll asking readers how much of a money geek they were. You can see the categories and the poll in this post. As expected, the active readers on this site are mostly money geeks. Level 1: 0%Level 2: 17.65%Level 3: 35.29%Level 4: 41.18% (I’m also in […]
Money Geeks
How bad are you? It might surprise you to hear that I am not a hardcore money geek. In fact, I feel a bit inadequate sometimes when talking to real money geeks. Take a look at the Money Geek Scale (TM) below and see where you fall: 0 Financial DisasterHas trouble paying bills each month. […]
Blog 101
That’s probably 78 too many… I just noticed that this is the 101st post on this blog! A good place for some nostalgia and feedback, methinks. I wrote my first post on this site in December 2013. It was triggered (as the site was) by a conversation with a friend about his investments and future […]
Contributing to this site
Guest posts, case studies, and reader questions We had a fantastic series of posts last week from northSaver, talking about his journey towards financial independence and early semi-retirement. Part 1: What is Early Retirement? Part 2: Laying the FoundationPart 3: The Principles of Early RetirementPart 4: How to Save for Early RetirementPart 5: How to Invest […]
Human Capital
You’re probably worth more than you think There’s an extremely interesting exercise in the book Your Money or Your Life that made a big impression on me when I did it. Basically you try and add up all the money you have ever earned or received in your life. Take your time, make a big […]
Wake up, Neo.
Take the red pill I loved The Matrix. I think I’ve seen it about thirty times. One of my best memories from university is a Matrix-themed house party I had in my final year. Epic. So Neo had a choice: he could take the blue pill and remain normal, or take the red pill and […]
The Monday Read: Finding Peace
Sometimes you just need a bit of a break Well, I am back at home and enjoying gettting back into my regular routine. It’s amazing how much difference a week or so off can make. The trip was great, I had a really good time in Shikoku and will certainly be going back again. Shodoshima […]