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Season’s Greetings!!

by jlcollinsnh 68 Comments

Before the day slips away I just wanted to take a moment to wish you and yours….

 

A very 

Merry Christmas 

and a 

Wonderful Holiday Season

 

Here’s to a 

Happy, Healthy(!) and Prosperous New Year!

 
 

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Comments

  1. Dave says

    December 24, 2020 at 1:17 pm

    Merry Christmas Jim from Wolfeboro NH!,

    Reply
  2. Samuel says

    December 24, 2020 at 1:25 pm

    Merry Christmas Jim, from Concord NC !

    Reply
  3. Brandon says

    December 24, 2020 at 1:26 pm

    Happy Holidays and thank you for all the information you have shared.

    Reply
  4. Mr. Grumby says

    December 24, 2020 at 1:30 pm

    Marry Christmas from Silverton, Oregon. Hey, we have had a Mint mattress for a couple of years, from your recommendation, and 2 or 3 of our friends have bought on ours. It’s a great product.

    Reply
  5. Earl Alderson says

    December 24, 2020 at 1:42 pm

    Jim, I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a great 2021! Thanks for your work and inspiration!

    Reply
  6. michael says

    December 24, 2020 at 1:43 pm

    Have an outstanding Christmas and 2021, Indianapolis

    Reply
  7. ChrisCD says

    December 24, 2020 at 1:44 pm

    Merry Christmas. Be safe.
    cd :O)

    Reply
  8. Jack R says

    December 24, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    Merry Christmas Jim! From Massachusetts – thankful for your teachings and this community

    Reply
  9. Bradford Hamann says

    December 24, 2020 at 2:14 pm

    Thank you, and right back at you! 🙂

    Reply
  10. Bruce says

    December 24, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    JL, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family! Wishing you a healthy and happy 2021! Nice to see you post again and looking forward to many more next year!

    Reply
  11. Jeffrey & Vicki Cook says

    December 24, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    Merry Christmas Jim From; Vicki&Jeff , Steve received new shoes for Christmas! Doing well. Happy New Year

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      December 25, 2020 at 12:36 pm

      New shoes?!

      His old shoes were barely broken in! 😉

      Reply
  12. Amy says

    December 24, 2020 at 2:30 pm

    Old Saint Nick comes but once a year.
    However you, Mr. Collins, are always around giving the gift of your wisdom and helping countless folks build better lives for themselves, their families, and friends. I know your ideas have helped me immeasurably for years.

    So let me offer my thanks to you and your family. I wish you a very Merry Christmas from Albuquerque and a good slide into the New Year.

    Reply
  13. Juan-Paulo says

    December 24, 2020 at 3:00 pm

    Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo! Thank you for being so generous in sharing your knowledge on how to live a better life!

    Juan-Paulo

    Reply
  14. Into the FIRE says

    December 24, 2020 at 3:02 pm

    Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones! I’m inspired to write a holiday post but would that be too much of a copycat? 🙂

    Reply
  15. Note Andrews says

    December 24, 2020 at 3:08 pm

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!
    I saw the recent headline:
    “ VTSAX passes $1 trillion in assets; “”Vanguard attributes success to J. l. Collins”

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      December 25, 2020 at 12:37 pm

      I’ll need to see a link for that last quote, NA 🙂

      Reply
      • GeorgiaBoy says

        December 25, 2020 at 3:07 pm

        It was tongue in cheek, but it’s a headline that SHOULD have appeared when VTSAX broke the barrier. You’ve certainly played some part in getting the fund to that level.

        Reply
  16. Mahnosh Partovi says

    December 24, 2020 at 3:19 pm

    Thank you so much JL. Wishing Jane, Jessica and yourself a wonderful time together on Christmas and a very happy and healthy new year! Thank you always for doing what you do!

    Reply
  17. Rana says

    December 24, 2020 at 3:43 pm

    Let me express our sincere gratitude from Frisco, TX to you. We believe thousands of your readers like us are tremendously benefited from your knowledge and experience sharing. Wishing you and your family merry Christmas and a wonderful prosperous new year 2021!
    Thank you so much Jim.

    Regards
    Rana & Family

    Reply
  18. John says

    December 24, 2020 at 3:58 pm

    Merry Christmas to you as well! Just finished my Christmas shopping online by buying my buddy a pair of big boy pants disguised as a copy of “Simple Path to Wealth”. Thanks again for your efforts!

    Reply
  19. Gino says

    December 24, 2020 at 3:59 pm

    Merry Christmas JL!
    Gino from Illinois.

    Reply
  20. Salman Agah says

    December 24, 2020 at 4:10 pm

    Merry Christmas JL! Thank you for breaking it down!

    Reply
  21. Tom says

    December 24, 2020 at 5:13 pm

    Merry Christmas all from Utrecht, The Netherlands 🌲

    Reply
    • Mike says

      December 25, 2020 at 8:01 am

      And from Landgraaf!

      Reply
  22. Dave says

    December 24, 2020 at 5:26 pm

    Happy Holidays and thanks for all you do!

    Reply
  23. Giorgos says

    December 24, 2020 at 5:45 pm

    Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

    Reply
  24. Fletcher says

    December 24, 2020 at 6:16 pm

    Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays to everyone.
    I made the classic mistake of selling assuming the market would drop, and now have no idea when to buy back in… doh!!
    guess I need to re-read that chapter…
    All the best for health and family for 2021 to all lucky enough to be imparted with Jim’s simple plan.

    Reply
  25. Nice Joy says

    December 24, 2020 at 6:58 pm

    Merry Christmas JL . Ordered a bunch of your books as Christmas gifts.

    Reply
  26. vorlic says

    December 24, 2020 at 6:59 pm

    Dear Mr Collins,

    Health, wealth and happiness to you and yours.

    Here’s hoping that 2021 will mark a return to the freedom and joy that we know and love – and most definitely have not forgotten.

    “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” Or, if you prefer, “Don’t let the b**tards get you down!”

    Merry Christmas!

    Stay sane
    Stay sage
    Stay on plan
    Vorlic

    Reply
  27. Jamie TAYLOR says

    December 24, 2020 at 7:26 pm

    Happy Christmas from Bath, England

    Reply
  28. Steve says

    December 24, 2020 at 9:37 pm

    Merry Christmas from Sydney Australia. Steve

    Reply
  29. Louis says

    December 25, 2020 at 2:35 am

    Mary Christmas and Happy New Year, from London UK!

    Reply
  30. John says

    December 25, 2020 at 3:48 am

    Fianlly a new post! Merry Christmas to you too!

    Reply
  31. Chris says

    December 25, 2020 at 9:06 am

    Thank you and Merry Christmas Jim from the Garden State NJ.

    Chris

    Reply
  32. Steveark says

    December 25, 2020 at 11:23 am

    Merry Christmas from Arkansas, its clear that your friends and readers appreciate you for who you are and for what you do!

    Reply
  33. Tracy says

    December 25, 2020 at 12:31 pm

    Same to you

    Reply
  34. jlcollinsnh says

    December 25, 2020 at 12:38 pm

    Thanks to you all for your kind words and season’s greetings. I especially like hearing where everyone is from. 🙂

    Reply
  35. Tom Lilienthal says

    December 25, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    Patricia joins me in wishing the very same for you and your wife, Jim!

    Reply
  36. JessieG says

    December 25, 2020 at 5:44 pm

    Merry Christmas Jim!!

    Reply
  37. WC says

    December 25, 2020 at 6:09 pm

    Merry Christmas wishes back to you too.

    I hope you are able to post more frequently in 2021 as I enjoy reading them.

    Reply
  38. LUIS says

    December 25, 2020 at 6:50 pm

    Merry Christmas JL and have a Happy New Year!

    Semper FI

    Reply
  39. Patrick says

    December 25, 2020 at 11:41 pm

    Merry Christmas and a Happy 2021 to you as well Mr. Collins, you have been most helpful.

    Reply
  40. GM says

    December 26, 2020 at 7:38 pm

    Heres to a happy and healthier 2021.
    Thank you for this blog. Its changed my perspective on investing!

    Wondering if you have an opinion on robo-advisors, specifically Charles Schwab intelligent portfolios. Im trying to determine if/how to convert my roboadvisor accounts to VTI and BND as I approach FI as early as next year!

    Reply
  41. Xavier Tourenq says

    December 27, 2020 at 2:53 am

    Merry Christmas Mr Collins and here’s to the new year. Cheers!
    PS: stay warm by that frozen lake… over here it’s 32 Celsius (89.6F)!

    Reply
  42. David Dodd says

    December 27, 2020 at 11:29 am

    Hi JLC, any changes coming for you in this unprecedented year coming? I have this little yellow light going off in the back of my head at least for the next six months. Do you? I would be interested in your take for the next 6-12 months? thanks and love your experience blogs.

    Reply
    • Ginny says

      January 8, 2021 at 6:22 pm

      JL –
      I am fairly new to your blog. A neighbor in Massachusetts. After reading through your blog, I bought and read Simple Path to Wealth. I just want to 2nd David’s question. Although I have been committed to the buy and hold philosophy you teach, I am very leery of the next 6-12 months and being overexposed in equities. Watching all the bad news mongers, seems like a big one is coming…again. I watched your recent podcast on ChooseFI. I was thrilled to see something new from you but the questions did not get at a possible 2021 crash. Would love to know how you would advise.

      Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 8, 2021 at 6:32 pm

      David & Ginny…

      There will always be yellow lights going off in our brains (and elsewhere!). There will always be “bad news mongers” predicting the next big crash.

      While there certainly is a big crash coming (https://jlcollinsnh.com/2012/04/15/stocks-part-1-theres-a-major-market-crash-coming-and-dr-lo-cant-save-you/), these almost never get it right. No one does.

      If anything, crashes tend to happen when all the predictions are for blue skies. There is an old saying, “the market climbs a wall of worry.”

      My advice for 2021 remains the same as in my book and here on the blog.

      Reply
      • Ginny says

        January 9, 2021 at 10:27 am

        JL-
        So great to hear from you! Thank you. Your book told me and my husband exactly what we needed to hear at exactly the right time we needed to hear it – although of course we would probably be in a stronger position if my younger self had been ready to hear it:) We’re planning to retire in 5-6 years in our late 50s, sell our house (sock that money away) and travel across the country for a couple of years to ride our motorcycle through the most beautiful parts of this country. I’m a 30 year fed so blessed to be getting a pension and health care for life. I know you are busy but I just wanted to share that – thanks to reading your book – we are gently trying to teach our kids, 20 and 22, about saving and investing. So far they are as interested as your daughter at that age. But we did make them open Roth IRAs in 2020 with Vanguard (of course). They did not have the $3K minimum for VTSAX so we did the ETF. I had some reservations and questions about that path and your recent ChooseFI podcast answered them all! You were reading my mind. We’re thrilled they are getting an early start on the simple path. Hope you have time in 2021 to blog more and do more podcasts. We’re continuing to learn and your a great teacher. Wishing you and your family health and happiness in 2021.

        Reply
      • Ginny says

        January 22, 2021 at 7:33 pm

        JL-
        Watched a 2020 interview with you today and you referenced the book Factfulness. I immediately got it from the library (a new practice rather than buying). It’s a GREAT read. Thanks for the recommendation!
        – Ginny

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        • jlcollinsnh says

          January 25, 2021 at 3:46 pm

          Glad you enjoyed Factfulness, Ginny. It is a great antidote to the daily onslaught of pessimism.

          Turns out, this is nothing new. I am just finishing “The idea of decline in Western History”

          Seems folks have been predicting the end since the beginning. 🙂

          Reply
  43. Chris@TTL says

    December 27, 2020 at 1:00 pm

    Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, have a great start to 2021 JL! Hope it kicks off well for you and the family!

    Reply
  44. Ken Kunihiro says

    December 27, 2020 at 6:57 pm

    Hello Mr. Collins,

    Happy Holidays to you and your family.

    First of all, thank you very much for all that you do to educate us on the simple path to wealth. I have listened to all of your podcast interviews, Youtube videos, and have read your wonderful book. I feel like I finally “Got It” after 50 some odd years. I have been on your blog searching for the answer to one of my questions, but have not been able to find it. I don’t know how to reach out to you and thought to try through this comment.

    I am not able to find a strategy on how to draw down from a Target Date Retirement Fund (TDRF) or my Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) while in retirement. When making withdraws from the TDRF fund or TSP, stocks, bonds, cash are sold at equal percentages to provide the amount that is requested. I am not able to choose where I would like the money to be withdrawn from individually (stocks, bonds or cash) In an upward market I would not be able to only sell from only the fund’s stocks side or in a downward market to withdraw only from the bond side in the fund, or even request a withdrawal from my cash portion.

    I don’t expect you to respond, as I know this is not the proper way to reach out to you and you are a very busy person. I hope you will be able to read it and possibly talk about it on an upcoming podcast interview, I won’t miss it if you put it out that way, I have listened to all your podcast interviews a few times, each time catching a detail I missed on the first go around.

    V/r,

    Ken

    Reply
  45. Paul West says

    December 27, 2020 at 8:28 pm

    Happy New Year from Asheville, North Carolina

    All the best to you and your family

    Reply
  46. Steve says

    December 28, 2020 at 11:47 am

    Mr. Collins: May you have a very happy holiday and a wonderful new year.

    Reply
  47. Joseph Heflin says

    December 28, 2020 at 5:34 pm

    Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year to you and your family from Taumarunia, New Zealand.

    We will be returning back to the Keweenaw Peninsula in northern Michigan’s Upper Peninsula this May.

    Thank you for the many years of sound, no-nonsense advice. We have all benefited from your wisdom.

    Reply
  48. MamaMinou says

    December 29, 2020 at 1:17 am

    Merry Xmas and Joyeux Noel from Eugene, Oregon!

    Reply
  49. Justin Grabenbauer says

    December 29, 2020 at 1:39 pm

    Happy holidays from Bucaramanga, Colombia! I hope you had an amazing holiday. Thank you for being such a great inspiration!

    Reply
  50. Jennifer S says

    December 30, 2020 at 5:17 pm

    Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! I gifted a copy of your book to my sister and brother in law for Christmas. I hope they enjoy it as much as I did!

    Reply
  51. Dr. Goh says

    December 30, 2020 at 7:20 pm

    Merry Christmas and happy new year! Hope to learn more from you.

    Reply
  52. Vinay says

    December 31, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    Wishing you and your family a happy new year !

    Reply
  53. Steve Burns says

    January 1, 2021 at 3:20 pm

    Thank you Jim, for an inspiring website. You helped me with creating a strategy.

    Reply
  54. Rubi says

    January 1, 2021 at 10:27 pm

    Happy new year and thank you so much for being the voice of calm when I get anxious about my finances!

    Reply
  55. Jake Garrick says

    January 3, 2021 at 5:40 pm

    Merry Christmas Sir. From Australia.

    Reply
  56. Tech says

    January 4, 2021 at 10:16 am

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Ottawa Canada

    Reply
  57. Gonzo says

    January 8, 2021 at 10:18 pm

    Happy new Year.

    I hope you continue to offer us your wit and wisdom in 2021.

    I gave a copy of your book to each of my two nephews. I wish someone had provided me with such information when I was in my twenties. Will they read it? You can lead a horse to water,…….

    You may have answered this already, but I would be interested in how well Index Funds serve as a hedge against inflation in a future article. You have expressed that buying index funds is like buying a portion of the US economy (maybe world economy) and this idea lends a great deal of security. I’ve been hearing about the money supply being pumped up like a balloon and other experts whom I respect offer that inflation will be paying us a visit soon. Old Milton Freedman won a Nobel prize for his ideas about the money supply a few years back so I figure he couldn’t be totally wrong.

    Thanks for helping the rest of us.

    Reply
  58. Frugal Steve says

    January 14, 2021 at 2:19 pm

    Happy New Year from Salt Lake City, Utah

    Reply
  59. Norm says

    December 20, 2022 at 4:42 pm

    Joyeux Noël from Ontario Canada Jim. I’ve been reading your stuff for several years now and always appreciate your insight. Thanks for all you do to keep us grounded.

    Cheers!

    Reply

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      • 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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