Welcome to the world, Generation Beta. The babies born 2025 through 2039 are the newest generation, coming after Gen Alpha. They’re the first generation to […]
Six Percent is the New Four Percent
Today’s article is extra-nerdy. Pull on your Coke-bottle reading glasses and let’s run through a little bit of math. Ready? Let’s go. If you’re retiring […]
I Cringe at This Common Real Estate Mistake …
I’m making a massive change in my search for my next rental house. I’ve spent the past year searching for another rental house within walking […]
November Was Just Great, and This Has Been a Great Financial Year. Let Me Give You the Highs and The Lows of the Month
It is hard to explain how good the month of November 2024 has been. Not only did the financial markets hit all-time highs, but there […]
Maybe you don’t need to figure out what’s wrong
A few months ago, I interviewed a behavioral economist named Dr. Stephen Wendel on my podcast. He suggested an idea that’s so crazy it might […]
How to Manage Two Successful Businesses (and Why One Wasn’t Enough)
In 2015, we ran a story about Julia Kelly, an entrepreneur who makes a six-figure income as a caricature artist. Where is she now? We […]
“We have two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know and those who don’t know they don’t know” – John Kenneth Galbraith
I guess you could classify me as one of those forecasters above. I am not sure whether it is the former or the latter, but […]
The Fed is meeting right now. Here’s what it means for real estate (and why most people are missing the point)
Hey there! As I write this, the Federal Reserve is meeting. By the time you read this, they may have already announced what many analysts […]
Why Dollar-Cost Averaging Stinks
Conventional wisdom says that you should invest in the market in small bites. This is called “dollar-cost averaging.” Dollar-cost averaging is the philosophy of wading […]
The end of a great quarter and the best Estate planning plan ever…
No two ways about it – the third quarter of 2024 was an excellent quarter. As was the year ended September 30th, when all major […]