Since last Wednesday, depending on your political leanings, you have been celebrating or in mourning. Or maybe you greeted the news with indifference. Now, as the dust settles, you might be wondering what this all means for your portfolio. Love him or loathe him, Mr. Trump is a disruptive force and Mr. Market hates… [Continue Reading]
Kibanda Repairs & Summer Reading
September. Labor Day. Already. Ah well, it has been a great summer here at Kibanda. This was the year we conclusively decided not to tear it down and build new. If you’ve read the saga you know it was in pretty desperate shape when we bought it back in 2017 and the fallback was always… [Continue Reading]
Are Index Funds a Bubble?
Lanju Photografie, Unsplash Recently a friend reached out asking for my take on concerns raised in this article: What Goes Up I hate these kind of requests, probably because every time this sort of hand wringing article appears, people want me to talk them down off the ledge. Ordinarily, I ignore these requests. Guess… [Continue Reading]
41 Intriguing Quotes about Family, Endgame & The Little Girl Who Wouldn’t Listen from Pathfinders
This is the third and final post of “intriguing quotes” since the October 31st launch of… Pathfinders It has been two years in the making and it is a book I have wanted to bring to you since 2016 after The Simple Path to Wealth was published. Within months of that book’s release I began… [Continue Reading]
28 Intriguing Quotes about Investing, F-You Money & Staying the Course from Pathfinders
This past October 31st launch of… Pathfinders …has been two years in the making and it is a book I have wanted to bring to you since 2016 after The Simple Path to Wealth was published. Within months of that book’s release I began to receive incredible stories from people all over the world telling… [Continue Reading]
24 Intriguing Quotes from Pathfinders
Halloween has been my favorite holiday since I was old enough to trick-or-treat. But none has been as special as this October 31, 2023. This is the Halloween that launched… Pathfinders has been two years in the making and it is a book I have wanted to bring to you since 2016 after The… [Continue Reading]
32 Things to Know about Following The Simple Path to Wealth
32 things to know about following… The Simple Path to Wealth (besides that it is not outdated) 😉 1. Investing, done well, is the soul of simplicity. 2. Anyone who tells you differently is selling you something. 3. Investing is playing the long game: Think decades. 4. Once you understand a few key things, the… [Continue Reading]
Is The Simple Path to Wealth outdated??!!
Salamat An original painting by Alex Ferrar On display at Sobremesa, Antigua, Guatemala Sometimes it feels like I’m blowing flower petals into the wind. Recently my pal Mindy Jensen of Bigger Pockets sent me this question that had come up in her Woman’s Finance group: I recently read the book The Simple Path to Wealth… [Continue Reading]
Inside Pathfinders’ Letter to Contributors
It is always fun to peek behind the curtain, to have backstage passes if you will, to some cool process or event. Hasan Minhaj, who wrote the foreword for Pathfinders, just arranged such passes for us at his show Off With His Head. Excited to see the show, but maybe even more excited to get… [Continue Reading]
10 Reasons People Invest in Hedge Funds
For a long time now I have been skeptical of hedge funds. When the research clearly shows active managers fail to out perform broad-based index funds like VTSAX over time, how could hedge funds? Especially considering active stock funds charge expense ratios (ERs) ranging from ~.5 to 2% while hedge funds take 2%, plus 20%… [Continue Reading]
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