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Are You The Mission Or An Enabler? 40

Are You The Mission Or An Enabler?

A little while back I did a post called Is Your Job Total B.S.?  It discussed a Bloomberg article about David Graeber’s book, Bullshit Jobs. In sum Graeber, asserts that most jobs today are total B.S., especially what he calls...

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A Day In The Life Data Visualization

I have a cool post today to show an awesome data visualization website I stumbled upon.  I know, you’re thinking “who stumbles upon data visualization websites?”  Me, that who.  I’m waving my dork flag high! Using data from the American...

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The First Free Index Funds

This week Fidelity launched free index funds, the first company to do so.  As Bloomberg reports they’re playing catch-up to Vanguard when it comes to the low-cost index fund space, and this is an unprecedented move. Sure, as many on...

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Admit When You’re Wrong Already

Throughout most of my career I’ve held a second job as an adjunct instructor at a local University.  After my salary at my main job got to a certain point, I often wondered why I was doing this.  I didn’t...

How Bad Is Financial Illiteracy In The U.S.A? 26

How Bad Is Financial Illiteracy In The U.S.A?

How bad is financial illiteracy in the US?  How about the world? Bloomberg ran this piece discussing a three question financial literacy test which was given as part of the Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey to 16,000 people in 15 countries.  Here...

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Review – Why We Sleep By Matthew Walker

If you landed on my blog because you like reading about financial independence or early retirement and are wondering why I’m reviewing a book titled “Why We Sleep”, fear not.  Here’s the deal – most people are under slept because...

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