Here are the top Financial Samurai articles of 2013. 2013 was a great year because it was the first full year after I left my day job in finance for good. I’m updating this post eight years later in 2021 to see how far I’ve come. 2013 Was A Productive Year I’m always curious to […]
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Have you ever wondered how people can live in an expensive city on less than six figures? I wondered this all the time as someone who has lived in New York City and San Francisco for over 23 years. I first started my career in New York City as a financial analyst from 1999-2001 at
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Before you invest in Chinese stocks, get up to date on the CNY currency aka RMB. The Ren Min Bi (RMB) has a managed peg to the USD which currently stands at roughly RMB 6.78:$1. The RMB has appreciated by a couple percentage points every year for the past decade and there are no signs
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For two decades I’ve been managing my own money. It all started when I saved up $3,000 from random minimum wage jobs to open up an online trading account under my father’s guidance. This was in the early 90’s when Charles Schwab first came out. One time I bought a company which I thought sold
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This post teaches you how to stop haters from hating you so much. Haters are everywhere. The more public or successful you are, the more you will attract haters. You don’t even have to do or say anything bad. You will inevitably get a hater if you achieve any type of success. Since Financial Samurai
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It’s reflection time here at Financial Samurai. I’d like to go over some of the most visited posts by search, the most commented posts, as well as other posts I think are worth highlighting. I wrote over 200 articles in 2012, so there’s a lot to sort through! I’ve done my best to be as
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The best way to lose weight is easier than you think. Let me explain after wearing the same size 33″ jeans since 1999. Yesterday was one of those perfect gastronomic days. For breakfast, there was all you can eat fruit and pastries. For lunch, some deliciously “low calorie” Greek baked spaghetti with garlic bread you see to
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Whoever said, “money can’t buy happiness” is either poor or wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. The incessant amount of studies by researchers trying to prove money can’t buy happiness is simply a result of the researcher’s own poverty or unhappiness. Because they are financially mediocre, it seems researchers are trying to console themselves that it’s
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There is a curse of making too much money that I want to talk about. So many of us are caught up in this cycle of wanting to make more and more. This desire is making us unhappy. We need to learn to let go. The luckiest people on earth are perhaps those who don’t
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