Holy crap I'm 40! My 30s financial review.
Dang time flies. It seems like just a couple years ago I was starting the blog and my career and I swear just last year I was writing my holy crap I’m 30 post. Well the bad news is time flies …
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What am I saving money for?
This seems like kind of a horse after the cart type of moment, but I’ve more recently started to wonder what I am saving all of this money for. My retirement nestegg has grown exponentially and …
Read More$100,000 in principal by Age 30 - Final Recap
Well 3.5 years ago I wrote this original post where I set a goal for myself to have saved $100,000 in principal by the time I reached age 30. By principal it meant money that was contributed to my …
Read MoreEither the world is going to end or the market is going to recover. If it's the end of the world, I'm going out fully invested :)
I wish I knew the origin of this quote in the title - I heard it from someone the other day and couldn’t find the source but I think it pretty much sums up my investing philosophy right now. I …
Read MoreHow to do a Roth 401k rollover
Seeing as how the Roth 401k has only been around for a little over a year and a half, there isn’t a lot of information out there about rolling these things over. I have a Roth 401k at a previous …
Read MoreA great personal financial quote from Jimmy John's
I ran across this quote today when I was eating lunch at Jimmy John’s hanging on their wall. I had never heard this quote before, but I don’t know that there is another quote that so …
Read MoreAsk the readers - How do you come up with that magical retirement number?
One thing I’ve taken a little slack for is right now my only public goal is that I want to have $100,000 in principal deposited by the time I reach age 30. This is a good goal and has been …
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