So I am here in Antigua, Guatemala hanging out in one of my favorite dives, Travel Menu, drinking beer and eating some awesome food and talking to my new pal Lito. The talk turns, as talk will do, to other worthy dives here in town and he asks if I’ve made it to Cafe No… [Continue Reading]
Stocks — Part XXI: Investing with Vanguard for Europeans
Please Note: If you are outside Europe and the US, please be sure to read through the comments on this post. They have become a valuable forum for investors from all over the world. Who knew? Certainly not I. This all started when I wrote a series of letters to my daughter about financial stuff… [Continue Reading]
Stocks—Part XX: Early Retirement Withdrawal Strategies and Roth Conversion Ladders from a Mad Fientist
Albert Einstein in fine form I like smart people. People who can make me sit back and think: Hmmm, I never thought of that. Or I never thought of that in quite that way. In most fields where I have a lay interest, physics or anthropology or evolution or psychology for example, this is not… [Continue Reading]
Death, Taxes, Estate Plans, Probate and Prob8
“With great power comes great responsibility.” Spiderman’s dead Uncle Ben (Oh, and some other guy named Voltaire.) So, too, with wealth. One of the pesky things that nobody ever seems to tell you while you are accumulating it, is that is that having and keeping it requires effort. You must learn how… [Continue Reading]
They Will Kill You For Your Shoes!
If you decide to pursue financial freedom you are going to have to choose to spend your money on investments. Somehow in our culture this has come to be seen by most people as deprivation. That has never made much sense to me. Personally, there is nothing I’d rather buy or own than F-You Money…. [Continue Reading]
Shilpan’s Seven Habits to Live More with Less
One of the over-riding themes here on jlcollinsnh is that when it comes to investing simple is not just easier, it is more effective and more profitable. My pal Shilpan runs a blog I read faithfully: Street Smart Finance. What is most appealing to me is the wisdom he brings from a lifetime of learning,… [Continue Reading]
