The following is an April 12, 2012 guest post from Mr. Money Mustache (MMM) about early retirement. As someone who kickstarted the modern-day FIRE movement in July 2009, I let MMM guest post on Financial Samurai to help spread the word. He had recently started his blog to focus on what we now call Lean […]
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Australia is one of the richest countries in the world. In fact, the average inheritance in Australia is the highest in the world! How can this be when Australia doesn’t have many world-class companies you’ve heard of? Let’s explore Australia’s education, investment, tax, healthcare, and retirement system. Australia: One Of The Richest Countries In The
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After January/February’s credit card spending blow out of around $3,100, I’ve successfully reduced my latest credit card spending by 61% to $1,200! $1,000-$1,500 is the target credit card spending range I have every month. If I can spend just $1,000 one month, it’s like building a $500 buffer to be able to spend $2,000 ($1,500
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Have you ever wondered when is it time to give up and admit defeat? You’ve tried so hard at something and things aren’t going as planned. Instead o f suffering more, perhaps it’s better to give up! I played 6 sets of singles the other day. That’s right, 6 consecutive sets over the course of
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Credit card spending needs to be controlled. Otherwise, you may end up with revolving credit card debt at a VERY high interest rate. In my mind, credit card debt is on of the worst debt types to own. Therefore, nobody should have revolving credit card debt. Let me share some credit card spending thoughts from
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Are you a man if you cannot take care of your family? Are you noble, if you do not have a job and let your wife slave away at the office, so you can latch onto her healthcare insurance, and eat the bacon she brings home? Hell yeah brothers! Stay at home men of the
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Happy New Year Everyone! The Dow closed up 5.5% in 2011 vs. a prediction of up only 5%. A 50 basis points differential is a critical error that needs to be rectified if I want to get beyond a “B” grade given to me by a reader. Apologies for my negligence! At least the direction
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Here is my Financial Samurai 2011 predictions review. It’s trippy reviewing my 2011 predictions 10 years later in 2021. But here we are! On January 2, 2011 I came up with the below predictions for 2011. The idea behind making predictions is to test the mind and exercise some logic. It’s important that everyone have
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Here are the top 5 hits and misses for 2011. I started Financial Samurai in 2009. As we come to the end of the year, now is the time for reflection. I generally don’t have many regrets because what’s the point? I’m an optimist who likes to keep moving forward. In fact, I have no
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According to First Data, credit card usage was up 8.2% YoY in 1Q2011, 9% YoY in 2Q2015, and 10.6% YoY in 3Q. If those aren’t healthy signs of consumers spending again, I don’t know what is. What’s a little more shocking is that the latest November industry-wide car sales figures are up 14% YoY to
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