Sinking funds are a simple, but powerful, personal finance tool. Today, I’ll share some personal finance sinking fund examples so you can implement this powerful practice. Except for a very brief …
What Are Index Funds? Why Would I Use One?
Are you relatively new to financial independence and investing? Sometimes, you’ll see people throw around terms casually that might not be immediately clear. In this post, I’m going to provide a quick …
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How Should I Use Savings Accounts? (Reader Request)
Everything I read assumes I already know so much! What kind of savings accounts should I use and for what? It seems like people are stashing money all over the place. - Reader (Permission to use name …
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Investing – Make Your Money Work For You
The word investing causes some people to break out in hives. For many, it simply seems like wizardry. Still others believe it’s all a scam or gambling, or only for sophisticated money gurus. This …
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Strategic Savings: How to Create, Secure, and Deploy
This is the penultimate post in our FI Basics series. If you are already very familiar with basic financial independence (FI) concepts, you may want to give this one a skip. The two most recent …
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Setting Your Financial Independence Target
This post continues my FI Basics series for those new to financial independence. If you haven’t had a chance yet, you can check out the two most recent posts Two Numbers to Track Immediately and …
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