Maybe Investing Isn’t Worth The Risk
A little while ago I had my worst mountain bike crash in a long while. Playing ironically true to the contrarian I am, I wasn’t even riding on the actual dirt trails when it happened. I had just come off...
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Is Interest In Financial Independence And FIRE A Bull Market Phenomenon?
As of this post the S&P is down about 17% in 2022. Bonds are a usual hedge to equity declines, but owning them as a means of diversification hasn’t helped this year. Bonds are down around 14% in 2022 as...
Seeking Stable Financial Blood Sugar
Last summer I decided to start de-risking my portfolio and reduce my stake in equities. As I wrote in that post the decision had nothing to with timing the market. I know that I nor anyone else can do that...
I’m De-Risking My Portfolio
The VTSAX Total Stock Market Index Fund went up 20.99% in the crazy year called 2020. So far in 2021 as of this writing it’s up another 18.3%. That makes for a total increase of 39.29% since Jan 2020, two...
Study: Cash Panickers From COVID-19 Volatility Lost Money
When the crisis of the coronavirus and COVID-19 became real, the U.S. stock market fell 34% from it’s peak on February 19th, 2020 and bottomed out on March 23rd. Many panicked during that time period and sold equities for the...
To Survive A Bear Attack, Just Play Dead
I’ve spent a ton of time hiking and camping in wilderness, and that means being in bear country. More specifically, I’ve spent a lot of time in grizzly bear territory which is just a few states in the lower 48,...
Okay FIRE Noob, This Is Your First Big Quiz
If you are new to the financial independence or FIRE movement in the past 10 years you are now taking your first quiz. This isn’t a test really, it’s a quiz. Sure, the markets dropped about 15% percent last week...
Think Of Your Decline In Net Worth As A Loan
The idea for this post popped in my head, like most do, on a long bike ride. The markets had just seen a few days of massive declines. To me it’s nothing worth noting. I’ve been there, and done that. ...
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