Is the “4% Rule” Too Risky?
If you use the 4% rule to plan your retirement, are you exposing yourself to too much risk? Or not enough?
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An Offer You Can’t Refuse
When investments are too guaranteed, their returns (quite literally) must be small. This is a fundamental truth of investing.
Winning the Game: Retiring at 57 with $4.2M
I want to share a fantastic Q&A from this past week. A reader, “Vince,” wrote in and said: Hi Jesse. I just reread your best… Read More »Winning the Game: Retiring at 57 with $4.2M
SBF’s Stupid Bet – What Can We Learn?
I read Going Infinite last week, Michael Lewis’s recent book about Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), and the ~$10 billion fraud/downfall of Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange, FTX. I… Read More »SBF’s Stupid Bet – What Can We Learn?
“How Should I Invest?!”
Two college students asked me similar questions after class: “How should I invest my money?” Here are my answers…
RRTTLLU: That’s Not a Typo, Investors
A step-by-step acronym to breakdown every investing decision.
Bucket Your Money
An easy way to level up your finances is to bucket your money. It’s a mental accounting trick that helps both your objective financial plan and your subjective financial mindset.
Risk and Reward
Risk and reward is the basic relationship in investing. Learn how to apply it to your financial life.
Career Change – Is It A Risk?
“Jesse, your career change…it’s a huge risk, right?” But how do I define risk? How does that definition apply to this question? Is my career change a huge risk? Is it risky at all?
“You Can’t Predict. You Can Prepare” – 5 Examples of Timeless Wisdom
We don’t know the future. But we can prepare for it nonetheless. And here are five important examples to prove this idea.