Monthly Archive: February 2018

February 27, 2018

How Isaac Newton Is Linked To Your Finances

A body in motion stays in motion. A body at rest stays at rest. Newton’s first law of motion governs every object in the cosmos from a physical standpoint. Interestingly, it seems to be a good predictor of other things...

geography and geoarbitrage / work

February 23, 2018

What Will You Earn Based On Your Major?

The Lifehacker site Two Cents ran an article about a very cool online tool from the Georgetown Center For Education and the Workforce. The site allows you to compare expected salaries from different college majors, and even do so across...

geography and geoarbitrage

February 21, 2018

The Geography Of Student Loan Debt In America

Big news today Accidental FIRE readers – I have a guest post on MillennialMoneyMan.com! Bobby Hoyt is the man behind that blog and if you’re not familiar with his story he went from a high school band director with $40,000 of...

investing / life experience

February 20, 2018

Invest Like A Grandmother

My Grandmother, or “Nonnie” as we called her, was born the same year the Wright Brothers first achieved flight. She passed in 1994 at the ripe age of 91, and having experienced the 1900’s almost in their entirety, she saw...

Turnip Fire!

February 16, 2018

Area Foodie Perplexed By $10 Meal That Doesn’t Suck

SAN FRANCISCO – After reluctantly being dragged into “The Pavilion”, a local establishment that looked as boring on the outside as it’s name suggests, area foodie Brianna Davis emerged perplexed that her meal actually tasted good. “I feel weird saying...

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life experience / outdoors and health / spending

February 13, 2018

That Time I Spent $44,000 On A Two Week Vacation

Getting to financial independence is difficult, especially in a luxury-demanding, spendy culture. If you’re budgeting, living frugally, investing, and trying to increase your earnings, then you’re checking the major boxes and are on a path to FI. But are you...

spending

February 9, 2018

What Cars Do People Keep?

With the absurd average transaction price of a new car in America at around $34,000, it’s important for you financial warriors to get the most out of a car if you want to get to financial independence. The good news...

finances

February 6, 2018

Just Say No To A Tax Refund

Do you get a tax refund from the government every year? If so, why? You’re loaning them money, at no interest. Banks usually don’t loan you money at no interest, so why would you do it for the government? For...

Turnip Fire!

February 2, 2018

Irrational Exuberance Replaced With Ill-Informed Stupidity

WASHINGTON D.C. – In a statement released on Wednesday Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellin warned that irrational exuberance has been replaced with ill-informed stupidity. Hearkening to a term coined by former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan, Yellin said that “At least...