Money Management
Money management refers to the processes of budgeting, saving, investing, spending, or otherwise overseeing the capital usage of an individual or group.
7 Money Management Tips to Improve Your Finances.
Track your spending to improve your finances. Create a realistic monthly budget. Build up your savings—even if it takes time. Pay your bills on time every month. Cut back on recurring charges. Save up cash to afford big purchases. And, start an investment strategy.
This understanding provides you with a 360-degree view of your financial picture. The goal is to apply key financial disciplines to help you overcome the obstacles to wealth.
With a clear purpose for your money and sound management principles behind it, you are in much more control of your financial destiny.
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How to Retire at 50 Pt. 2: Probabilities of Success
Retirement might seem a long way off, but you are better off planning as soon as possible. While everyone will retire one day, I’m more concerned with the probability of staying retired successfully. In the last blog post, Time to Retire Early at 50, I covered why my wife and I set our exit target after 2032 (seven years). It’s an expedited runway compared to the average retirement age of 62. For me, this means I’m getting out 12 years early. My wife will be getting out nearly 20 years early or even 25 years from her original expectations. With that said, I didn’t get a chance to dive into…
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Time to Retire Early at 50!
I've never seen people retire early. Let alone successfully. Where I'm from most work until their body give out. I won't. I'm out at 50.
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How to Kick-Off the New Year with $1 Trillion in Losses
Coming off of a rough 2022 and a stellar 2023-2024, we are going right into 2025. 2025 should be challenging.
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Tracking our Investment Portfolio from Zero to $4 Million
When it comes to building an investment portfolio, start where you are. Better yet, start right now.
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Made More than $232k in my 401k. Most Americans are Making a Big Mistake.
Over 11 years, my total wealth output grew by $232,329 that's beyond my direct contributions of $183,202.
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How to Secure a Brighter Financial Future in 2025
Coming off of 2020-2021 with $200k net worth increases year over year, the market slowed drastically for 2022 and 2023. We're Tracking Still Growth over Losses.
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How We Created $10,000 Worth of Wealth in December
A December Santa Claus Rally could have helped sweeten 2024 but Santa was drunk. Krampus showed up by New Year's Eve. Our stock performance bumped up 39% for the year though, and our net worth followed.
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The Election is Over, Setting Our $8M Wealth Goal for 2032
Finally no more election shenanigans, time to get back to building wealth again. Another added benefit of post-November, we can kiss the $12 billion election ad campaigns goodbye. It’s time for the Shen Yu ads to run through February 2025. Seriously, those election ads cost an estimated $12 billion. This is a hint for anyone who wants to pursue a political media, analyst, or strategist career. They get paid a median of $175,000 plus. That’s neither here nor there. For my household, it’s time to plan. In the shadow of election tension during Obama’s second term (2016), we realized that Investing (Not Policy) was our best bet toward financial freedom.…
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How will you invest in 2025. Could S&P 500 soar to +7,400?
Below are the newest 2025 stock market S&P 500 price forecasts, ranging from 6,400 to 7,000. This implies a return of +5% or +15% from the December 5, 2024, adjusted close of 6,075. We pulled through the cocaine bear market low (of 3,577 in October 2022). Clawed back victory on the back of 2023. Thank God, we survived the US Elections of 2024. We are now riding the irrational fumes of a Dark MAGA Bull Cycle. To make matters worse, Sports betting and Bitcoins are in vogue. Beware the finance bros with less than 0.00244 Bitcoin (BTC). They are up 40% and are over the moon for +$400 gains (pre-tax).…
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The Best Quotes from the Vanguard Founder, John C. Bogle
John Bogle revolutionized the investing world—becoming the king of the "Index-and-Chill" movement with the creation of the Vanguard ETF. A powerful way to invest for your future.