Augh, someone just stole your credit card. Now what? Well this happened to me recently. Just when I said nothing much happens with my credit card, somebody goes ahead and steals my credit card! But perhaps “stealing” is the wrong word to use in this situation, so let me clarify. Then I’ll cover the steps […]
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Below is the Financial Samurai passive income portfolio update for 2018 and for 2021. I’m revisiting this post in 2021 to see how far I’ve come since 2018. Ever since landing my first job post college in 1999, I’ve been determined to build enough passive income in order to not have a job. A future that
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Congratulations everyone! With the stock market, real estate market, and many other assets doing so well, many of us are rich! In fact, there are are record number of millionaires in the world. However, some people still don’t think they are rich. Let’s see how to tell if you’re rich even if you think you
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If you’re an experienced investor or a DIY investor, you may still want to use a financial advisor. There are plenty of benefits. But, the way you utilize one is going to be different from someone who is unexperienced with the markets. I’ll explain the main ways you should use a financial advisor below. First
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After rolling over my 401(k) into an IRA, I’d like to focus on potentially the single most beneficial reason why everyone should convert their 401(k) into an IRA after they leave their jobs: Rule 72(t). Rule 72(t) allows for penalty-free withdrawals of your IRA account before the age of 59.5 provided that the IRA holder take
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Age discrimination in the workplace is all too common. This article discusses why we need to eradicate age discrimination, especially when there is a need to accumulate a larger net worth and work longer now that times are so uncertain. Every large corporation has some type of annual “Diversity Training” course where we learn not
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When it comes to growing your net worth, having extreme net worth targets by age, income, and work experience is a good idea. Even if you can’t reach the extreme net worth targets, you will likely have pushed you harder had you not had such aggressive goals. Most people don’t have any net worth targets
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In my post discussing how managing your family’s money can be a full-time job, I reveal how I didn’t realize my wife’s SEP-IRA account was sitting on 25% cash for who knows how long. With so many accounts to manage, this mistake ended up costing us several thousand dollars in opportunity cost. As a result,
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Getting rich is about willpower. Without willpower, you will likely never get ahead of the masses. You need willpower, endurance, and grit to get richer than the masses. In the 1960s, Columbia University psychologist Walter Mischel conducted an experiment on children that is now often referred to as The Marshmallow Test. Walter invited various aged
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Are you wondering how often should you rebalance your 401k? The quick answer is at least once a year and at most once a quarter. You want to stay on top of your 401k so its asset allocation doesn’t drift too far from your ideal asset allocation. At the same time, you don’t want to
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