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Chautauqua – United Kingdom: August 2017

by jlcollinsnh 55 Comments

 

Ettington Park

Our venue for Chautauqua 2017 – United Kingdom

Some will surely claim, me being an old English Major and all, that it was inevitable. That a Chautauqua was destined at some point to find its way to Stratford-upon-Avon, the 16th century birthplace of William Shakespeare. You know, that guy who wrote some plays a few centuries back? The one I’m prone to quote when someone has poured too much ale down my gullet?

Here’s a quick Shakespeare story…

Once upon a time there was a country woman who made her way to the big city and while there took in a few Shakespeare plays. Back home, she was asked, “So what do you think?”

“Well,” she said, “The plays were pretty good, but I don’t get why he’s such a big deal.”

“Really? How so? Shakespeare is considered the best writer in the English language, after all.”

“That’s just what I don’t get,” said the country lass. “If you really think about it, all he’s done is string a bunch of famous quotes together.”

But, as thrilled as I am to bring a Chautauqua here…

Stratford-upon-Avon

…my being an English Major has nothing to do with it. It is far more a bit of serendipity.

Last October, at Chautauqua Ecuador at Hacienda Cusin (there’s that 16th century again!) Katie and Alan, a very talented and interesting couple from England, showed up. Now in and of itself, this is not in the least remarkable. Chautauquas have a tendency to attract interesting and talented people. That is one of the reasons I love them so damn much: I get to hang out at cool places and meet cool people.

Anyway, it turns out that Alan runs something called Pop-Up Business School in the United Kingdom teaching budding entrepreneurs not only how to successfully get their ventures up off the ground, but how to do that without investment capital…

No upfront money = far less risk = awesome approach

Well, it didn’t take long before we shanghaied him into giving a presentation on all this for our group, and it met with rave reviews. Turns out, not only does he have a cool story with a valuable message, he is a hell of a speaker. He put the rest of us speakers to shame in fact, something for which we are still trying to forgive him.

Mr. Money Mustache did, however, develop a rather fine and hilarious imitation of Alan’s style, which soothed our feelings a bit.  Too bad I don’t have a clip to share with you all.

Alan and Katie, in the Andes

So, here I had this power couple who routinely put on events, had a powerful and inspirational message and who were based in England, where that Shakespeare guy was from. But nothing clicked in my little, and seemingly rapidly diminishing, brain.

But then, on our last full day, I noticed him scrambling about huddling with the other attendees. Didn’t think much about it at the time.

Turns out, that morning, Katie and Alan had a rather brilliant idea and by dinner they’d finished and presented it as a gift to us four speakers.

What they’d done was to track down each attendee, photograph them in situations and spots that exactly captured their personalities, and got them to say a few words about each of us speakers and what Chautauqua had meant to them. When they pulled it all together, we were gifted with this wonderful keepsake:

Hacienda Cusin Attendee Slideshow Review

The second to last slide:

Mr. MM, Rich, Cheryl, me, the Mad Fientist

It brought tears to my eyes (especially looking at myself in that picture above). Walking thru it again just now, revisited all these wonderful people and their kind words, it still does.

That evening, going thru the slides yet again, the idea for this Chautauqua-UK finally clicked.

I thought about it long and hard. I wasn’t sure they’d be interested. I wasn’t sure I really wanted to do it. I wasn’t sure we could make the numbers work. I wasn’t sure we could find cool activities and a cool venue. But the more I thought about it, the more the idea grew.

The next day, just before they left for their flight back to London, I pulled them aside and very briefly outlined the concept. They were excited out of the gate, but clearly had a lot to think about. Pulling together a Chautauqua is no small task.

We all returned home and, over the intervening few weeks, kicked it around, decided to go for it and sorted out all the details. And here they are:

Chautauqua — United Kingdom: August 12-19; official website

On the website you’ll find all the details, including the full schedule, the scoop on your chance to have a private meeting with the speaker of your choice and stuff about us, your hosts and speakers.

If that’s not enough, it turns out all four of us speakers have been guests on the Mad Fientist’s podcast. You can give a listen to any and all here:

Millennial Revolution – Denouncing the Cult of Homeownership

PopUp Business School – The Right Way to Start a Business

JL Collins – The Simple Path to Wealth

Including The Mad Fientist himself…

Mad Fientist – 1500 Days Podcast Takeover

OK, time for some random pictures…

The Queen’s digs:

Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle

We’re coming, your Highness!

But don’t mind these guys…

The Mad Fientist and Alan

Another shot of where we’ll be for the week…

Ettington Park

So if this sounds like your cup of tea, and if you’d like to join us for High English Tea with scones and clotted cream (that’ll be on Wednesday!), not to mention all the other adventures this week of August 12-19, 2017 will hold, I urge you to sign up now:

Registration: Chautauqua – United Kingdom

As with previous Chautauquas, we are limiting the number of attendees to 25. This allows for a much more intimate experience and with more chance for personal interactions with us and with your fellow attendees. It is a big part of the magic, but it also means spots go quickly.

Travel hack your way there for little or no $$$$

My pal, and travel hacker guru, Brad Barrett has for the last couple of years helped our Ecuador attendees make their way to Quito for little or no money. He has graciouly offered to do the same getting the UK group to Heathrow.

His services, for these events, are free (and I also recommend you sign up for his free Travel Miles 101 email course)

If you’d like his help, you can reach him here:

brad@richmondsavers.com

Just tell him, you’re with us!

Wait! What about Ecuador?

No worries. If your heart is set on Ecuador, we’ll be there as always!

Posts announcing the Chautauqua 2017 — Ecuador will go up the week of January 15th. They’ll have all the details and registrations will open then. But let me give you a little preview:

October 7-14 will take us to a new, larger venue: Hacienda Chorlavi. Chorlavi will allow us to expand the number of speakers to five (Mr. Money Mustache, Paula Pant, The Mad Fientist, Cheryl Reed and myself) and the number of attendees to 35.

October 14-21 will take us back to one of our favorite places: El Encanto. In addition to Cheryl and myself, Kristy of Millennial Revolution (fresh from the UK event above) will be making her Ecuador debut and Jesse Mecham, CEO of YNAB (You Need a Budget) will be returning for his third Chautauqua and second as a speaker. Both these are major coups! Attendees will be limited to 25.

Be it England or Ecuador, I hope in 2017 we’ll get to hang out together!

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Details:

BIG Chautauqua Announcement

Meet the Speakers

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Here’s Kristy’s take on it all:

Chautauqua UK: A cackling good time

She had me laughing out loud (and enough to make it worth spelling that out!) and reading parts of it to my wife on the shuttle from the airport to our rented condo here on Maui. The other passengers are surely staying up late tonight trying to figure out what THAT was all about. ????

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The Mad Fientist’s take can be found here:

The Year Ahead

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Addendum:

On an entirely different subject…

Recognizing that, as always, it will be a wild ride, I am an optimist about the future of the US and the world.  Despite all the hand-wringing on the daily news, objectively things are getting ever better. I look back over the turmoil of the past 70 years, and at the performance of the stock market in the teeth of all those challenges, and I feel pretty damn good.

Of course not everyone agrees, and scattered around in the comments here on the blog you can find folks taking me to task and predicting doom. Strikingly, other than some silly proposals that depend on market timing, they are long on panic and short on suggestions as to how to handle the potential disasters.

My pal Darrow, however, is one of the most clear-eyed and thoughtful guys I know and he just put up a cautionary post that is short on fear mongering and long on ideas. He opens with this sobering assessment:

“The baby boom generation has lived through a uniquely stable period in human history. Yes, we’ve seen regional wars, terrorism, and economic dislocation. But there hasn’t been wholesale destruction of a developed country, or its financial system, since halfway through the last century.”

His post is titled Alternative Investments for Savvy Retirees: Part 1 and in it he goes on to describe exactly that. His take on international investing is just about the only astute counterpoint to my own I’ve come across.

To be clear, I’m not changing any of my investment choices, but his is a perspective well worth reading. And, who knows, maybe once he comes out with Part 2…

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Comments

  1. Freedom 40 Guy says

    January 2, 2017 at 7:05 pm

    Whether in the UK or Ecuador – you’re Chautauquas sound like amazing opportunities to discuss and engage with like minded people. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make it this year – but perhaps. It is definitely getting higher and higher on my list. Thanks for all that you do and happy 2017!

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 2, 2017 at 7:28 pm

      They are indeed and it is that engagement that, more than venue or cool adventures, makes them so very special.

      Hope you make it one of these years.

      Just remember: I ain’t getin’ any younger. 😉

      Reply
  2. Brandon Bronkhorst says

    January 2, 2017 at 7:39 pm

    I’ve been waiting for this post since last year, so I signed up immediately. I’m excited to be around like-minded individuals and explore a country (or maybe more) that I haven’t visited yet.

    See you there!

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 2, 2017 at 9:08 pm

      Welcome aboard, Brandon!

      I think you are the first.

      Be sure to remind me when we meet in England this August!

      Reply
  3. Mr. 1500 says

    January 2, 2017 at 9:28 pm

    I met Alan and Katie at one of the Ecuador Chautauquas* back in October and they are stellar folks. If you’re at all on the fence about signing up for this event, get off of it and sign up immediately. You won’t regret it.

    *Why can’t I remember how to spell this damned word? I have to double check it. Every. Single. Time.

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 2, 2017 at 10:46 pm

      Well be missing you there, Mr. 1500.

      But we’ll raise a pint or two in your honor!

      Reply
      • Mr. 1500 says

        January 5, 2017 at 9:36 am

        I won’t be attending, but I may be in the area. I’ll stop in for just a moment and say “Hi!” it this turns out to be the case…

        Reply
  4. SJ says

    January 2, 2017 at 11:10 pm

    Can Jim (or anyone who can at least tell me roughly what Ecuador cost last year) comment on if the price of the program (excluding flights obviously) are expected to be roughly the same for UK vs. Ecuador? I wasn’t part of the blog last year so missed the 2016 announcements so don’t have that info to even give me a general idea. I am strongly considering attending and location doesn’t matter so much to me personally but a price difference might (being the good FIer I now am!). Of course, if you prefer not to comment I understand (I can picture any number of reasons you may not want to.) Figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask!

    Thanks!
    SJ

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 2, 2017 at 11:40 pm

      Hi SJ…

      You can find all the pricing info on the Chautauqua sites:

      UK: http://ukchautauqua.weebly.com/book-now.html as noted in the post above

      and here for Ecuador: http://www.abovethecloudsretreats.com/registration.html

      You’ll find Ecuador, as a lower cost country, is the less expensive Chautauqua.

      However, the British Pound is trading at all time lows against the dollar and other major currencies, which is one of the reasons we are able to pull this off.

      That said, as with anything, don’t spend the money on this unless you can comfortably afford it while staying on the FI track.

      Reply
      • SJ says

        January 3, 2017 at 10:37 pm

        Thanks for the response. I didn’t know about the other website so I will look into it!

        Thanks,
        SJ

        Reply
      • wendy says

        January 6, 2017 at 9:40 pm

        Thanks for posting the links, I was wondering the same thing. Seriously considering Ecuador…
        Do you have a mix of singles/couples/age ranges who attend?

        Reply
        • jlcollinsnh says

          January 7, 2017 at 2:26 am

          Yep!

          One of the most amazing things about Chautauqua is the incredible diversity of those who attend.

          Age has ranged from 24 to 70+. Couples and singles.

          Race, religion, nationality, sexual ordination…

          Just about in any way people are diverse, that is represented at Chautauqua.

          What we all share is the FI path.

          With all this diversity, as one attendee put it, “I found my tribe!”

          You might want to read thru the past posts I’ve done describing this and those I link to in those posts.

          Should you then decide to come, we’ll look forward to seeing you there!

          Reply
          • wendy says

            January 7, 2017 at 10:48 am

            Thanks for the confirmation!

          • wendy says

            January 14, 2017 at 2:15 pm

            I just signed up for Ecuador – soooooo excited!

  5. FIRECracker says

    January 2, 2017 at 11:55 pm

    Wow, love the video and the slideshow! But one question: how will you take over the world if you reveal your super-villain shenanigans and lair? 😉

    But now as a part of your FI Illuminati, suddenly all of your ideas are GENIUS!

    It will be an honour to take over the world with you. This is going to be EPIC.

    O Captain, My Captain!

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 3, 2017 at 12:03 am

      Shhhh…

      So far the world thinks this is just a harmless get together of FI geeks.

      Reply
      • FIRECracker says

        January 3, 2017 at 3:36 pm

        Oh right. Oops. My bad. The 1st rule of FI Club: You DO NOT talk about FI Club.

        Reply
  6. vorlic says

    January 3, 2017 at 3:20 am

    Enjoy Stratford, chaps! We’re not quite FI-ready to visit this irrelevant get-together of money-obsessed, capitalist, selfish weirdos (ignore me, I’m just jealous 😉 but perhaps our venue-to-be will be in serious contention for a Chautauqua one of these years. Workin’ on it!

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 3, 2017 at 8:36 am

      Sorry you won’t be joining us this year, Vorlic…

      …but you have your FI priorities in good order!

      Reply
  7. sara says

    January 3, 2017 at 10:05 am

    i have wanted to go to a Chautauqua with you guys for several years but it sells out so fast! i got smart this time and just booked the UK one. yeah!!! see you in august!!!

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 3, 2017 at 10:18 am

      Glad you made it, Sara…

      ..see you in August!

      Reply
  8. Gwen @ Fiery Millennials says

    January 3, 2017 at 12:01 pm

    Tough choice between the two locations. I think the October one will fit in better with my schedule though, so I’ll see you in the fall! I’ve been feeling a weird urge to go back the last few months.

    Can’t wait to see more cows with you!

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 3, 2017 at 9:14 pm

      You’re coming back to Ecuador with us?

      Awesome news!

      It will be great having you there again!

      (Look! A cow!!)

      Reply
  9. Elena says

    January 3, 2017 at 12:55 pm

    Oh man, now you are just taunting me! :o) So close and yet so far. I think I hear MMM’s voice booming with something like “if you can’t pay for your car out of pocket, don’t get one – your hair is on fire!” And one of your testimonials put it rather eloquently: “if fiscally responsible”. :o)

    Well, I hope you will be doing these for many many years to come. I would love to meet you fine folks one of these days. But first: build business, hoard cash; then indulge in stimulating philosophical discourse in gorgeous surroundings with excellent people for a glorious week.

    We will meet eventually! :o)

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 3, 2017 at 9:17 pm

      We’d love to have you join us, Elena…

      ..but your priorities are in proper order.

      Stay on the path and soon enough going to things like Chautauqua will be pocket change. 😉

      See you then!

      Reply
      • Elena says

        January 15, 2017 at 3:34 am

        Looking very much forward to it! Both the meeting part and the pocket change part! 😛

        Thank you, Jim!

        Reply
  10. Kevin says

    January 3, 2017 at 1:16 pm

    I would highly recommend to anyone considering going to a Chautauqua….DO IT. What a wonderful, informative, exciting, eye-opening, thoughtful, challenging, mind-expanding, friendship filled trip. Our week in Ecuador, surrounded by like-minded attendees and wonderful speakers, will be one that I will remember and be telling the grand-kids about (should I be lucky enough to live to a ripe old age).

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 3, 2017 at 9:19 pm

      Thanks for the high praise, Kevin!

      Maybe someday you’ll follow Gwen’s lead and return. 🙂

      Reply
  11. Vicki@MakeSmarterDecisions says

    January 3, 2017 at 5:34 pm

    Ah! We missed by a week! We have two going off to college that week (grad & undergrad for the first time!) We’d have an empty nest and head that way if we could. Those kids still have to come first for a few more years! We’ve also signed up for FinCon17 next fall, so we’ll put Chautauqua’s on our “wish list” for 2018. Happy New Year Jim!

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 3, 2017 at 9:21 pm

      Keep at it and the time will come, Vicki…

      Happy New Year to you as well!!

      Reply
  12. Todd says

    January 3, 2017 at 7:39 pm

    Wow – what an incredible opportunity! The Mt. Rushmore of FIRE bloggers all in one place the week of Oct 7-14, along with 35 other like-minded individuals.

    It’s going to take a lot of string pulling (both at home where my wife will be running solo for the week with our 2 yr old) and at work (luckily the week of Oct 7 has a holiday snuck in there – thanks from the folks still grinding the 9-5!), but I’m doing everything I can to join in on the fun in October. I’ve only left the country once in my life (31 yrs old), so Ecuador will be WELL out of my comfort zone – can’t wait! Most looking forward to the opportunity to spend time with other like-minded individuals, as I feel the FIRE journey is often lonely in the “real” world.

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 3, 2017 at 9:26 pm

      Hi Todd…

      Hope it comes together for you and you can join us.

      If you are serious, on the 15th go here and register right away: https://jlcollinsnh.com/2017/01/02/chautauqua-united-kingdom-august-2017/#comment-4216807

      If history is a guide, it will sell out very fast.

      We’ve had folks come for whom it was their first trip out of the US. We meet you at the airport and take you back and handle all the stuff in between. Easy peasy!

      And the vast majority of those who come survive the experience and make it back home. 😉

      Reply
  13. Anita says

    January 4, 2017 at 2:40 am

    If you’re thinking about attending this, stop thinking and just go! I’ve done a fair amount of traveling and I went to the first one in Ecuador in 2013 and it was one of the best times of my life. I thought about attending this, but I don’t want Jim to think I’m stalking him. 🙂

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 5, 2017 at 6:23 am

      You pretend to stalk me, but when I look in my rearview mirror you’re never there. 🙁

      Reply
  14. AJB says

    January 4, 2017 at 11:50 am

    Hi Jim,
    In an effort to help pay your next trip, I just ordered 16 copies of your book. I got some for everyone at my workplace. Knowledge is power. I have been preaching indexes for years and I believe it’s about to catch on. Hopefully we should see some Dear former advisor letters coming through the printer. Thank you and happy new year full of f-you followers reaching their goal.

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 5, 2017 at 6:25 am

      Thanks AJB!

      Now I won’t have to stay in the stables at Ettington Park. 🙂

      Reply
  15. vorlic says

    January 4, 2017 at 5:58 pm

    Mr Collins,

    If you fancy a trip to Yorkshire (before or after Chautauqua UK) then you have only to email us. It’s God’s own county, y’ know…

    Accommodation at our humble abode included in this offer, terms and conditions apply 🙂

    Kindest firegards,
    Joe and Olga

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 5, 2017 at 1:27 pm

      Thank you for your very kind offer!

      I’ll send you a PM, mostly asking about those “terms and conditions” 😉

      Reply
  16. Stu says

    January 4, 2017 at 6:41 pm

    Literally live about 30mins away, but out of my price range at this point. Just think of the lost compounding 🙂
    Maybe one day.
    Enjoy!

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 5, 2017 at 6:27 am

      If you see a group wandering about your area awestruck and confused that week, come up and say Hello!

      Reply
  17. Brent Loomis says

    January 5, 2017 at 11:16 pm

    Jim,

    I am so glad this has all panned out! It is really amazing what the FI community can accomplish when ideas start whizzing around. After meeting Katie and Alan, though, those two can do anything they put their minds to, truly great people.

    I always told myself that I want as many people in the FI community to experience the wonderful Chautauqua, but if there are still open slots in a few months I will look into it!

    Jane and I have also talked about getting coffee the next time she’s in Chicago! I’m sad I missed her over Thanksgiving.

    Hope our paths cross again,

    Brent

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 5, 2017 at 11:33 pm

      Well, if there are slots still open in a couple of months, we will have cancelled it. 🙂

      But I don’t expet that to be a problem. Spots are being snapped up quickly. So, if you decide in a couple of months you want to come, let Alan and Katie know and they’ll put in in line for a cancellation.

      Great to hear from you! Coffee in Chicago sounds great. If I can come with you guys that is. 😉

      Reply
  18. the happy wayfarer says

    January 6, 2017 at 5:50 pm

    Jim

    I just finished A Simple Path to Wealth and I have only one criticism. I wish you had written it in the late 1970s when I graduated from high school. Other than that, it’s perfect. Thank you for such a succinct guide.

    My stepsons, nieces and nephews will be receiving a copy to go along with Jacob Fisker’s Early Retirement Extreme and George Clason’s The Richest Man in Babylon. The rest of my investing library is going to the used book store and the proceeds into VTSAX.

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 7, 2017 at 2:29 am

      Ha!

      I wish it had be written in the mid-70s when I first started investing. 😉

      Thanks for the kind words and for passing it along.

      If you are so inclined, your comment would make a great 5-star review on Amazon…

      Reply
      • thehappywayfarer says

        January 7, 2017 at 9:41 am

        My pleasure! Done.

        Reply
        • jlcollinsnh says

          January 7, 2017 at 6:57 pm

          I saw that…

          …Thank you!!

          Reply
  19. Ning says

    January 9, 2017 at 10:22 am

    Ahh this makes me so jealous! One day, I will make it to one of these events! This year, with starting out a new job and having to take vacation for my wedding, I don’t have many vacation days to spare, but one day!!

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 9, 2017 at 9:01 pm

      The stars have to align to make this work. Sounds like this is not the right Chautauqua year, but those stars are aligning for other cool things in your life. 🙂

      Reply
  20. ZJ Thorne says

    January 16, 2017 at 10:54 pm

    I’m really excited that there will be another opportunity to attend this even though this is not the year for me. I also appreciate your calm critique of the doom-sayers (I am one, but I’m a lesbian and am not worried about financial issues but social issues that impact my safety).

    Thanks for sharing Darrow’s piece. Definitely an interesting perspective.

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 18, 2017 at 10:54 pm

      Hi ZJ…

      First, I am so sorry you have to worry about safety issues these days.

      It is interesting that we didn’t set out to make Chautauqua a safe and welcoming event for gay folks. Never occured to us.

      But from the first one, we have had gay attendees and they have always (of course!) been made welcome. As are all religions (or none), ethnicities and nationalities.

      Just seems obvious to us! And it works beautifully.

      Reply
  21. michelle says

    January 30, 2017 at 3:21 pm

    Boom! I am in. See you in the UK.

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 31, 2017 at 11:37 pm

      Cool beans!

      See you there!

      Reply
  22. Kathy Lee says

    May 5, 2017 at 1:48 am

    Hi Jim,
    My husband and I are seriously considering coming to Chautauqua UK (from California). Could you please answer these questions for us?
    1. What is time frame that we should plan to reach Heathrow airport in order to catch a ride with your group?
    2. And what time frame should we plan to book the return flight considering we’d like the ride back to the airport?
    3. For some strange reason, my husband wants to visit a traditional pub for a beer. Is that one of the group activities?
    Thanks,
    Kathy & Brett

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      May 5, 2017 at 1:19 pm

      Hi Kathy…

      Those are questions for Alan and Katie who are arranging the logistics.

      If you click on the link in the post above to the UK Chautauqua website you’ll find the details for #1 & 2. As for the pub, sounds like a fine idea to me. 🙂

      BTW, I believe we are currently sold out. But don’t let that discourage you. Get yourselves on the wait list. Life being what it is, it is not uncommon for some folks to cancel. Frequently I meet people at Chautauqua who have secured their spot this way.

      Hope to see you there!

      Reply
      • Kathy Lee says

        May 6, 2017 at 2:15 am

        Thank you, Jim, I just emailed them. 🙂

        Reply

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  • ► 2023 (3)
    • ► January (3)
      • When Your Country Becomes a Global Outcast
      • Staying the Course in War-Time
      • Pathfinders update from Hh
  • ► 2022 (12)
    • ► December (3)
      • A New Chapter for Chautauqua
      • Season's Greetings!!
      • Fun with numbers: Historic Stock Market Returns
    • ► October (1)
      • Let’s talk about what’s up with Bonds, and what ever else you’d like to ask me
    • ► August (1)
      • The Price of Security
    • ► July (1)
      • Case Study #17: Buying into the market right before a Bear
    • ► June (1)
      • Case Study #16: Helping dad with an inheritance
    • ► May (1)
      • Just inked a contract for my next book, and I want you to be a part of it!
    • ► April (1)
      • The Dinky Diner
    • ► March (1)
      • Chautauqua: A terrible business model
    • ► February (2)
      • Chautauqua is back for 2022!
      • JLCollinsnh.com Enters New Era
  • ► 2021 (14)
    • ► December (1)
      • Season's Greetings!!
    • ► November (2)
      • The new book is out!
      • Are bonds done?
    • ► October (1)
      • Guess what I just finally read for the first time...
    • ► September (1)
      • The negligence that led me to DIY investing
    • ► August (3)
      • Chainsaws and Credit Cards
      • Part XXXVI: Estate Planning 101 -- The Simple Path to an Estate Plan
      • The Simple Path to a Lucrative Career
    • ► July (1)
      • Help Wanted: a new book
    • ► June (1)
      • The Top 9 (Bad) Arguments Against Bitcoin
    • ► May (2)
      • Collins on Crypto
      • The Alfred Hitchcock Path to FI
    • ► April (1)
      • Time to sell?
    • ► February (1)
      • Mariah International: All that glitters…
  • ► 2020 (11)
    • ► December (1)
      • Season's Greetings!!
    • ► June (1)
      • How to give when you have a business
    • ► April (4)
      • Investing with Vanguard for Europeans: 2020 update
      • Part XVII-B: ETF vs. Mutual Fund -- What's the difference?
      • Reviewing the comments on my post of April 1st
      • Why I will no longer be writing this blog
    • ► March (4)
      • My move from VMMXX to VBTLX
      • COVID-19: The unvarnished truth from Doc G.
      • Chautauqua sits out 2020
      • Taking advantage of Mr. Bear
    • ► February (1)
      • Mr. Bear, Podcasts, a good book and why I should be in 100% stocks
  • ► 2019 (11)
    • ► November (4)
      • How we bought our new car
      • The House Hacking Strategy
      • What does buying a new car really cost over the years?
      • Why we bought a brand new car
    • ► August (1)
      • A Guided Meditation for When the Stock Market Is Dropping
    • ► June (2)
      • 7 Days in Heaven: or Why Slowing Down Will Get You There Sooner
      • Quit Like a Millionaire
    • ► March (1)
      • Stocks -- Part XXXV: Investing for Seven Generations
    • ► February (1)
      • Chautauqua 2019 - UK & Portugal - Tickets Now Available
    • ► January (2)
      • Mr. Bogle passes
      • "I wanted the unreasonable"
  • ► 2018 (16)
    • ► December (1)
      • Happy Holidays! and a bit on Mr. Market
    • ► November (3)
      • Truly Passive Real Estate Investing
      • Car Talk: An update on Steve and looking at Leafs
      • Chautauqua 2018 Greece: A week for the gods!
    • ► October (1)
      • On Twitter, gone for Chautauqua and dark on comments till November
    • ► September (2)
      • What we own and why we own it: 2018
      • Tuft & Needle: Our Walnut Frame and Mint Mattress
    • ► August (1)
      • Kibanda Part 5: Pretty, and pretty much done
    • ► June (3)
      • Stocks--Part XXXIV: How to unload your unwanted stocks and funds
      • Tracking your holdings
      • Stocks -- Part XXXIII: Optimism
    • ► May (2)
      • Kibanda Part 4: Quicksand!
      • My Talk at Google, Playing with FIRE and other Chautauqua connections
    • ► March (1)
      • Stocks -- Part XXXII: Why you should not be in the stock market
    • ► February (1)
      • Chautauqua 2018: Mt. Olympus, Greece
    • ► January (1)
      • An International Portfolio from The Escape Artist
  • ► 2017 (15)
    • ► December (2)
      • The Bond Experiment: Return to VBTLX
      • How to Invest in Bitcoin like Benjamin Graham
    • ► October (1)
      • Kibanda Part 3: Running the numbers
    • ► September (1)
      • Sleeping soundly thru a market crash: The Wasting Asset Retirement Model
    • ► August (2)
      • Stocks -- Part XXXI: Too hot. Too cold. Not pure enough.
      • Kibanda, Part 2: Negotiating the deal
    • ► July (2)
      • Time Machine and the future returns for stocks
      • Kibanda: Mr. Anti-house buys his dream house
    • ► June (2)
      • Is there an interior designer in the house?
      • The Simple Path to Wealth goes Audio!
    • ► May (1)
      • Life on the Beach
    • ► April (1)
      • Sell! Sell!! Sell!!! Sell?
    • ► March (1)
      • Vicki comes to Chautauqua: United Kingdom
    • ► January (2)
      • Chautauqua - Ecuador 2017 open for reservations
      • Chautauqua - United Kingdom: August 2017
  • ► 2016 (22)
    • ► December (3)
      • Season's Greetings and other cool stuff
      • Angel Investing, or Angel Philanthropy?
      • Mr. Bogle and me
    • ► November (1)
      • Where did you learn about money?
    • ► October (2)
      • Buy Your Freedom; Rent the Rest
      • So, what do you drive?
    • ► September (2)
      • Stocks -- Part XXX: jlcollinsnh vs. Vanguard
      • A visit to the Frugalwoods
    • ► August (1)
      • What the naysayers are missing
    • ► July (1)
      • Reviews of The Simple Path to Wealth; gone for summer
    • ► June (2)
      • The Simple Path to Wealth is now Published!
      • A peek into The Simple Path to Wealth
    • ► May (1)
      • It's better in the wind. Still.
    • ► April (3)
      • Cool things to check out while I'm gone
      • Stocks — Part XXIX: How to save money for college. Or not.
      • Help Wanted: The Book
    • ► March (1)
      • F-You Money: John Goodman v. jlcollinsnh
    • ► February (2)
      • Q&A - V: The Women of Amphissa
      • jlcollinsnh gets a new suit
    • ► January (3)
      • Chautauqua 2015 Reviews, 2016 registration open
      • Case Study #15: The Scavenger Life -- Freedom first, then Financial Independence
      • 3rd Annual (2015) Louis Rukeyser Memorial Market Prediction Contest results, and my forecast for 2016
  • ► 2015 (18)
    • ► December (2)
      • Q&A - IV: Strawberry Patch
      • Seasons Greetings! and other cool stuff
    • ► October (2)
      • Personal Capital; and how to unload your unwanted stocks and funds
      • Stockchoker: A look back at what your investment might have been
    • ► September (2)
      • Case Study #14: To Dream the Impossible Dream (and then realize it)
      • Hotel Living
    • ► August (1)
      • Mr. Market's Wild Ride
    • ► June (4)
      • Gone for Summer, an important note on comments and random cool stuff that caught my eye
      • Around the world with an Aussie Biker
      • Case Study #13: The Power of Flexibility
      • Stocks — Part VIII: The 401(k), 403(b), TSP, IRA & Roth Buckets
    • ► March (2)
      • Stocks -- Part XXVIII: Debt - The Unacceptable Burden
      • Chautauqua October 2015: Times Two!
    • ► February (2)
      • YNAB: Best Place to Work Ever?
      • Case Study #12: Escaping a soul-crushing job before you're 70
    • ► January (3)
      • Case Study #11: John, a small business owner in transition
      • Trish and Stan take an Intrepid Sailing Voyage
      • 2014 Annual Louis Rukeyser Memorial Market Prediction Contest results, and my forecast for 2015
  • ► 2014 (29)
    • ► December (2)
      • Diamonds and Happy Holidays!
      • Micro-Lending with Kiva
    • ► November (3)
      • Chautauqua February 7-14, 2015: Escape from Winter
      • Stocks -- Part XXVII: Why I Don’t Like Dollar Cost Averaging
      • Jack Bogle and the Presidential Medal of Freedom
    • ► October (3)
      • Tuft & Needle: A better path to sleep
      • Nightmare on Wall Street: Will the Blood Bath Continue?
      • Help Wanted
    • ► September (1)
      • Chautauqua 2014: Lightning strikes again!
    • ► August (2)
      • Stocks -- Part XXVI: Pulling the 4%
      • Stocks -- Part XXV: HSAs, more than just a way to pay your medical bills.
    • ► July (3)
      • Stocks -- Part XXIV: RMDs, the ugly surprise at the end of the tax-deferred rainbow
      • Summer travels, writing, reading and other amusements
      • Moto X, my new Republic Wireless Phone
    • ► June (1)
      • Stocks -- Part XXIII: Selecting your asset allocation
    • ► May (1)
      • Stocks -- Part XXII: Stepping away from REITs
    • ► April (3)
      • Q&A III: Vamos
      • Q&A II: Salamat
      • Q&A I: Gaijin Shogun
    • ► March (2)
      • Top 10 posts
      • Cafe No Se
    • ► February (4)
      • Chautauqua 2014 preview, closing up for travel and other random cool things that caught my eye of late.
      • Case Study #10: Should Josiah buy his parents a house?
      • Case Study #9: Lars -- maximizing some good fortune and considering "dollar cost averaging"
      • Case Study #8: Ron's mother - she's doin' all right!
    • ► January (4)
      • roundup: Some random cool things
      • Stocks — Part XXI: Investing with Vanguard for Europeans
      • Case Study #7: What it looks like when everything financial goes wrong
      • 1st Annual Louis Rukeyser Memorial Market Prediction Contest 2013 results, and my forecast for 2014
  • ► 2013 (41)
    • ► December (4)
      • Closing up for the Holidays, see you in 2014
      • Betterment: a simpler path to wealth
      • Case Study 6: Helping an ill and elderly parent
      • Stocks -- Part XX: Early Retirement Withdrawal Strategies and Roth Conversion Ladders from a Mad Fientist
    • ► November (3)
      • Death, Taxes, Estate Plans, Probate and Prob8
      • Case Study #5: Zero to 2.6 million in 25 years
      • Case Study #4: Using the 4% rule and asset allocations.
    • ► October (3)
      • Republic Wireless and my $19 per month phone plan
      • Case Study #3: Let's get Tom to Latin America!
      • The Stock Series gets its own page
    • ► September (2)
      • Case Study #2: Joe -- off to a fast start!
      • Chautauqua 2013: A Week of Dreams
    • ► August (1)
      • Closing up shop plus an opening at Chautauqua, my new podcast, phone, book and other random cool stuff
    • ► July (1)
      • They Will Kill You For Your Shoes!
    • ► June (4)
      • Stocks -- Part VIII-b: Should you avoid your company's 401k?
      • Shilpan's Seven Habits to Live More with Less
      • Stocks -- Part XIX: How to think about money
      • My path for my kid -- the first 10 years
    • ► May (5)
      • Why your house is a terrible investment
      • Stocks — Part XVIII: Investing in a raging bull
      • Dining with the Ghosts of Sarah Bernhardt and Alfons Mucha
      • How we finally got the house sold
      • Stocks — Part XVII: What if you can't buy VTSAX? Or even Vanguard?
    • ► April (4)
      • Greetings from Prague & a computer question
      • Swimming with Tigers, a 2nd chance on the Chautauqua, a financial article gets it wrong and I'm off to Prague
      • Storage, Moving and Movers
      • Homeless, and a bit on the strategy of dollar cost averaging
    • ► March (4)
      • Wild Turkeys, Motorcycles, Dining Room Sets & Greed
      • Roots v. Wings: considering home ownership
      • How about that stock market?!
      • The Blog has New Clothes
    • ► February (5)
      • Meet Mr. Money Mustache, JD Roth, Cheryl Reed & me for a Chautauqua in Ecuador
      • High School Poetry, Carnival, cool ads and random pictures that caught my eye
      • Consignment Shops: Best business model ever?
      • Cafes
      • Stocks -- Part XVI: Index Funds are really just for lazy people, right?
    • ► January (5)
      • Social Security: How secure and when to take it
      • Fighting giraffes, surreal landscapes, dancing with unicorns and restoring a Vanagon
      • My plan for 2013
      • VITA, income taxes and the IRS
      • How to be a stock market guru and get on MSNBC
  • ► 2012 (53)
    • ► December (6)
      • See you next year....until then: The Origin of Life, Life on Other Worlds, Mechanical Graveyards, Great Art, Alternative Lifestyles and Finding Freedom
      • Stocks -- Part XV: Target Retirement Funds, the simplest path to wealth of all
      • Stocks -- Part XIV: Deflation, the ugly escort of Depressions.
      • Stocks Part XIV: Deflation, the ugly escort of Depressions.
      • Stocks -- Part XIII: The 4% rule, withdrawal rates and how much can I spend anyway?
      • How I learned to stop worrying about the Fiscal Cliff and you can too.
    • ► November (2)
      • Rent v. owning: A couple of case studies in Ecuador
      • So, what does a month in Ecuador cost anyway?
    • ► October (4)
      • See you in December....
      • Meet me in Ecuador?
      • The Podcast: You can hear me now.
      • Stocks -- Part XII: Bonds
    • ► September (6)
      • Stocks -- Part XI: International Funds
      • The Smoother Path to Wealth
      • Case Study #I: Putting the Simple Path to Wealth into Action
      • Tales of Bolivia: Calle de las Brujas
      • Stocks -- Part X: What if Vanguard gets Nuked?
      • Travels in South America: It was the best of times....
    • ► August (1)
      • Home again
    • ► June (4)
      • Yellow Fever, closing up shop for the summer and heading to Peru y Bolivia
      • I could not have said it better myself...
      • Stocks -- Part IX: Why I don't like investment advisors
      • Happy Birthday, jlcollinsnh; and thanks for the gift Mr. MM!
    • ► May (6)
      • Stocks -- Part VIII: The 401K, 403b, TSP, IRA & Roth Buckets
      • Mr. Money Mustache
      • The College Conundrum
      • Stocks -- Part VII: Can everyone really retire a millionaire?
      • Stocks -- Part VI: Portfolio ideas to build and keep your wealth
      • Stocks -- Part V: Keeping it simple, considerations and tools
    • ► April (6)
      • Stocks -- Part IV: The Big Ugly Event, Deflation and a bit on Inflation
      • Stocks -- Part III: Most people lose money in the market.
      • Stocks -- Part II: The Market Always Goes Up
      • Stocks -- Part 1: There's a major market crash coming!!!! and Dr. Lo can't save you.
      • You can eat my Vindaloo, mega lottery, Blondie, Noa, Israel Kamakawiwo 'Ole, art, film and a ride on the Space Shuttle
      • Where in the world are you?
    • ► March (7)
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part V: Sold! and the taxman cometh.
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part IV: I become a Landlord.
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part III: The Battle is Joined.
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part II: The Limits of the Law.
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part I: Impossibly Naive.
      • You, too, can be conned
      • Armageddon and the value of practical skills
    • ► February (6)
      • Rent v. Owning Your Home, opportunity cost and running some numbers
      • The Casanova Kid, a Shit Knife, a Good Book, Having No Regrets, Dark Matter and a bit of Magic
      • What Poker, Basketball and Mike Whitaker taught me about Luck
      • How to Give like a Billionaire
      • Go ahead, make my day
      • Muk Finds Success in Tahiti
    • ► January (5)
      • Travels with "Esperando un Camino"
      • Beanie Babies, Naked Barbie, American Pickers and Old Coots
      • Selling the House and Adventures in Staging
      • The bashing of Index Funds, Jack Bogle and a Jedi dog trick
      • Magic Beans
  • ► 2011 (22)
    • ► December (1)
      • Dividend Growth Investing
    • ► November (2)
      • The Mummy's head, Particle Physics and "Knocking on Heaven's Door"
      • "It's Better in the Wind" or why I ride a motorcycle
    • ► October (1)
      • Lazy Days and School Days
    • ► July (2)
      • The road to Zanzibar sometimes goes thru Ecuador...
      • Johnny wins the lotto and heads to Paris
    • ► June (16)
      • Chainsaws, Elm Trees and paying for College
      • Stuff I’ve failed at: the early years
      • Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat
      • The. Worst. Used. Car. Ever.
      • Top Ten reasons your future is so bright it hurts my eyes to look at it
      • The Most Dangerous Words Your Customer Can Say
      • How not to drown in The Sea of Assholes
      • What we own and why we own it
      • The Ten Sales Commandments
      • My ever so formal and oh so dry CV
      • How I failed my daughter and a simple path to wealth
      • The Myth of Motivation
      • Why you need F-you money
      • My short attention span
      • Why I can’t pick winning stocks, and you can’t either
      • The Monk and the Minister

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