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I was an IT Modernization Engineer for much of my professional career before leaving to be a full-time creator in December 2022. My specialty: IRS information technology (IT) Yes, that IRS. After 19 years there as a contractor (never a Fed), I became an expert in several components of the astronomically complex web of more...
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Over the past 150 years, the U.S. stock market (including dividends) has ended the year positively roughly 75% of the years, according to many studies, including one by Visual Capitalist. So if you max out your IRA during the first week of January in the tax year of the contribution, there’s a 3-in-4 chance your...
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My friend Andy Hill from Marriage Kids and Money just launched a new book called Own Your Time. I’m giving away four hardback copies (snail-mailed from me) to newsletter subscribers (check your email). Own Your Time is a family finance-focused book. Young professionals and working parents who are starting to learn about personal finance will...
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One thing I’ve learned from 30 years of investing and DIY money management is that there is always another way — and often the other way is more “optimized” than the current way. I put optimized in quotes because the opinion of what is better or perfect is based on history, not a crystal ball....
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There are about half as many stocks trading in the U.S. today as there were in 1996 — 4,010 vs. 8,090. Fewer public companies means less of the economy is available to everyday investors. Passive index investing has become less diversified AND more concentrated, as the largest 10 companies (Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, etc.) now...
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