Author: Samantha Hart

Since announcing my semi-retirement, I have been reminiscing on my 35-years of investing for clients and my 53-year CPA career. In the beginning, we did […]

Listen up. If you’re serious about Financial Independence, Early Retirement (FIRE), your savings rate is the single most important factor. Forget the gurus pushing exotic […]

The month of June was an extraordinarily good month for our investments since they grew unexpectedly to mid-year heights. It is hard to imagine that […]

Picture this: A 12-year-old boy, one of four kids, sits at his computer in the early 1990’s, planning a family vacation. Using travel points from […]

While 60% of Americans dream of early retirement, a surprising 40% of those who *do* achieve traditional FIRE report feeling a loss of purpose or […]

Feeling priced out of the housing market? You’re not alone. Sky-high prices, relentless demand, and shifting interest rates make buying a home feel impossible in […]

I know I write endlessly about the importance of investing early and often, yet most people do not realize how important this is in creating […]

When I first started figuring out money, it felt like everyone else already knew the secret. Textbooks were useless. This isn’t that. I’m telling you […]

Over the last several years, the profession of an economist has fallen to new lows. And quite frankly, they deserve the demotion they have received. […]