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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches MyMoneyBlog on safe withdrawal rates & mortality (link). Seeing that grey “you’re dead” portion of the engaging data plots is pretty startling. GoCurryCracker posted about this some time ago (link). A Reddit user reports that Fidelity has streamlined (i.e. automated) the mega-backdoor Roth (link). This … Read more Financial Update – Aug 2019
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches I picked up the book Playing with Fire from the library, by Scott Rieckens (creator of the documentary I haven’t seen yet). TLDR: Scott and his wife were making $180k pre-tax in Coronado, CA and spending 99% of it on life (fancy cars, ocean-side apartment, … Read more Financial Update – July 2019
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Chernobyl, a new five-episode miniseries by HBO, is fantastic (link). It just surpassed Planet Earth 2 (also highly recommended) as the highest rated TV show of all time on IMDB. You can binge watch for free with a 7-day HBO trial. Thought provoking article from … Read more Financial Update – June 2019
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Mr Money Mustache on our constantly running “Purchase Justification Machines” (link). Interesting Bogleheads thread on fun post-retirement “jobs” (link). Interesting Bogleheads thread in which hundreds of individuals share their career path & whether or not they recommend it (link). The thread really illustrates how diverse … Read more Financial Update – May 2019
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches GoCurryCraker’s brilliance: On frontloading frugality (link). He makes the case that front-loading frugality increases savings (and investments) early in life which allows compound interest to do its thing, facilitating the loosening of purse strings later in life. I think there is something wrong with me … Read more Financial Update – Apr 2019
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Walden on Wheels (link). Ken Ilgunas is an incredibly engaging and hilarious writer. This book is a memoir of his college years in which he accrued $32k of student loans for a worthless degree then clawed his way out of debt through a series of … Read more Financial Update – Mar 2019