In Part XII: Bonds, reader Chronicrants commented: “I’d love to see more on deflation. I’ve always been confused about it and about it’s consequences. It seems like it would be a good thing, and yet….” Great point, and what better topic, I thought, for unlucky number 13 in this series! Unfortunately, I forgot that was… [Continue Reading]
Stocks Part XIV: Deflation, the Ugly Escort of Depressions
In Part XII: Bonds, reader Chronicrants commented: “I’d love to see more on deflation. I’ve always been confused about it and about it’s consequences. It seems like it would be a good thing, and yet….” Great point, and what better topic, I thought, for number 13 in this series! Unfortunately, I forgot that was my… [Continue Reading]
Stocks — Part XIII: The 4% Rule, Withdrawal Rates and How Much Can I Spend Anyway?
4%. Maybe more. So, you’ve followed the jlcollinsnh big three: You’ve avoided debt. You’ve spent less than you’ve earned. You’ve invested the surplus. Eggs by Sergey Gusev Now you’re sitting on your stash and wondering just how much you can spend each year and not run out. This could be stressful, but it really should… [Continue Reading]
How I learned to stop worrying about the Fiscal Cliff and you can too.
You can’t turn on the TV or radio or pick up a newspaper these days without being confronted with scary talk about the Fiscal Cliff and the doom that awaits us should we hurdle over it into the abyss. This is (mostly) a financial blog. I intentionally avoid politics, primarily because that subject turns so… [Continue Reading]
Rent v. owning: A couple of case studies in Ecuador
If you’ve been reading the last few posts focused on my recent trip to Ecuador, you know one of my objectives was to take a look at property for sale both in Cuenca and in and around Bahia on the coast. I like looking at property, it is an excellent way to get a feel… [Continue Reading]
So, what does a month in Ecuador cost anyway?
$3636.35 That title question was posed by a blog reader and, since I obsessively track expenses anyway and my guess is if you’re a reader of jlcollinsnh you’d be curious, it suggested a fun and easy post topic. Since I was actually there only 27 days, that’s $134.83 per day. But you could do it… [Continue Reading]
See you in December….
View of the Valley from the Retreat As you gathered from the last post, I’m off to Ecuador until December. When I get back you can look for posts on Deflation, Target Date Funds, Withdrawal Rates, running the rent v own numbers on some of the property I will have checked out in Ecuador and… [Continue Reading]
Meet me in Ecuador?
Later this month I’ll be returning to Ecuador for several weeks. I decided to do this to amuse myself and, well, because being retired I can. Once I decided to go my attention turned to what might be interesting to explore while I’m there. Mostly I’ll be following my own advice avoiding the sights, lingering in… [Continue Reading]
The Podcast: You can hear me now.
A few weeks back a guy calling himself The Mad Fientist showed up in the comments section here on jlcollinsnh. He started by linking back to my post. As if the name alone wasn’t enough, that got me poking around, and enjoying, his site. One of the cool things he does is podcast conversations with other… [Continue Reading]
Stocks — Part XII: Bonds
Well. Here we are in Part XII of our series on Stocks. And the subject is bonds. What’s up with that?? When I first began this series the plan was for maybe four or five segments. Sure enough, those focused on stocks. But then we looked at some portfolio ideas and some other stuff, like… [Continue Reading]
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