Let’s say you’ve currently got a good amount of cash to invest. $250,000 in this case. With still-high interest rates, expensive stock market valuations, and trade wars making goods more expensive (100% tariffs on China starting Nov 1 if no compromise), investing is now getting trickier. At the same time, inflation has peaked and the […]
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Some employers pay their employees with company stock as part of their total compensation package. This way, employees become owners and potentially feel a greater sense of duty towards the firm. If you don’t own any of your company’s stock, you might be less inclined to come in early or leave late. Without company stock,
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During the bull market, I shared my belief the need for liquidity is overrated. After going through a bear market in 2022 and buying a new house with cash in 2023, I thought I’d revisit my thesis to see if it still stands. So far, I think it does, but I am a little more
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Recently, I temporarily went broke because I improperly managed my private investment capital calls. Because this happened, I thought I’d discuss some straightforward solutions to ensure you always have liquidity. If you are a new private fund investor or plan to invest in more private funds to diversify your investments, please learn from my errors.
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Sadly, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB, $SIVB), the 16th largest bank in America at the end of 2022, experienced a bank run. Now the contagion has spread to other regional banks such as First Republic Bank, Signature Bank, Zions Bancorp, PacWest, Comerica, and Charles Schwab. Even the largest banks were getting hit as well. Ultimately, The
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The tax-now Roth IRA will increase in popularity over the coming years. Let me explain why. When Congress passed the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TJCA) of 2017, it inaugurated an eight-year period of the lowest tax rates in American history, which started on January 1, 2018. However, due to the sunset clause that was
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Much has been said about inflation hurting society. As people’s buying power decreases, life gets more costly. Heck, the Fed seems hell-bent on causing another recession to contain inflation. However, as I look at the historical price changes of some of our most important consumer goods and services, I can’t help but think combatting inflation
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In 2023, I couldn’t help but shovel more money into Treasury bonds. With 3-month-to-2-year Treasury bonds yielding 5%+, I felt like the guaranteed return was too high to pass up with about half of my new free cash flow. But the more Treasury bonds I bought, the more I wondered whether I would regret the
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Do you need more incentive to generate passive income in order to give yourself more freedom? Then look no further than the below two charts. They show the 2024 and 2025 capital gains tax rates by income for both short-term and long-term. The short-term capital gains tax rate is equivalent to your federal marginal income
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After writing about building passive income since 2009, people still seem to be confused about the difference between active income and passive income! Let me finally put this confusion to rest because I don’t want people to get tricked into thinking earning passive income is easy. It is not! In order to generate passive income,
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