Fyre Fraud: Don’t Be Like Billy
The Fyre fraud of 2017 had some silver linings. Namely, take the organizers’ actions and do the exact opposite of them. Boom–lesson learned.
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Nudge Theory Can Save Your Butt
Discover how “nudge theory” can push you towards better financial habits, saving you thousands–and maybe saving your butt–in the process
The Power of Baby Steps
The path from helpless baby to world-changing adult is walked via baby steps. Tried-and-true improvement through marginal gains.
For Folks with no Free Time
If you focus on identifying the best opportunities to affect your personal finance, you can profoundly improve your life without wasting time. And those best opportunities are…?
Long Term Investing Takes Faith
There are thousands of “what ifs” in investing. But long term investing takes faith: a belief that investments will ultimately appreciate.
How Reply All wasted $282,000 in 73 minutes
A true corporate parable of how an innocent “Reply All” led to a quarter-million wasted dollars in barely an hour’s time.
Monte Carlo Simulation
From roulette wheels to hurricane paths, Monte Carlo simulations help us model random scenarios, pulling signal from the noise.
The Stupidly Simple Secret Sauce of Personal Finance
People yearn for hidden knowledge–the secret sauce! But personal finance doesn’t have to be complicated. The secret sauce of personal finance is simple.
Living on Minimum Wage
I assumed I’d need to “trim some fat,” but that my thrifty budgeting habits would largely be adaptable to a significantly lower income. I was very wrong.
Do You Know Dave?
Dave’s a simple guy with an average lifestyle. He’s also in a financial death spiral. Do you know Dave?