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frugalprofessor Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches About Time (link). I really enjoyed this movie. I had never heard of it before. Found via Justwatch. Won’t You Be My Neighbor (link). Awesome documentary about Mr. Rogers. Worth watching. Others I’ve talked to think the movie is too slow. I’m convinced that millennials … Read more
**** This post has been superseded by these ones: **** https://frugalprofessor.com/an-audit-of-boa-credit-card-reward-efficiency-2019-q3/ https://frugalprofessor.com/best-credit-card-rewards-strategy-2019-edition/ What Changed? A month ago, Bank of America updated their policy for the cash rewards card. Prior to the change, the rewards were as follows on the cash rewards card: 3%*** gas 2%*** grocery/wholesale 1% all else Last month, this changed to: … Read more
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches As you have surely heard, Jack Bogle (founder of Vanguard) died a couple of weeks ago. Mr Bogle had a profound effect on my life. It was his Little Sense of Common Sense Investing book that was of the first investing books that I read in my … Read more
I spent 2-3 days in 2018 writing down everything I know about the U.S. tax code with the hopes of turning it into a book some day. It’s not exactly a page turner, but it may very well make you hundreds of thousands of dollars richer over your lifetime through the minimization of your lifetime … Read more
It has been a good year for the FP household. Here is our Christmas card, which is admittedly redundant to much of the blog. Highlights include: Year of Medicine: Mrs FP had her gallbladder removed. FrugalChild3 had an emergency appendectomy. Mr FP broke his nose playing basketball. FrugalChild2 is allergic to everything (grass/weed/pollen/dust).FrugalChild1, FrugalChild3, … Read more
Last December, I publicly posted the following 2019 goals. For the sake of public accountability, here’s how I grade myself for 2018 (bold is my grade & self assessment, non-bold is the original goal). At the end of the post I’ll include my 2019 goals. Finances Keep doing the painfully simple things that generate wealth: … Read more