FIRE – Why I Want to Have The Option to Retire Early
I realized I never talked about FIRE(financial independence/retire early) on this blog. I’ve been talking about goals lately so I figure it’d be good to visit my ultimate goal. I want the option to retire early. The FIRE movement is often painted with a broad brush and seen as a group of people saving money in order to retire as quickly as possible. However, FIRE to me isn’t as simple as having an endpoint and doing whatever possible to get there. It’s simply about having options. That is what makes it so appealing to me. Let’s go back in time to 2008. I was an anxious, skinny graduate looking for…
Dividend and Expense Review – August 2019 – All My Insurance Bills
For some reason, August is when I get all my insurance bills. It’s the car insurance month and it’s also the renter’s insurance month. On top of that, I’ve got my standard health insurance bills coming through and it’s a recipe for a tough savings month. We’re also taking a trip to Atlanta in a month and I booked the flights and car rental in August. That means that expenses trended up so savings rate will trend down. In fact, August has historically been my worst savings month. I guess the insurance bills are part of that but I’m assuming other expenses always come up. Since I started tracking, my…
My Thoughts on M1 Finance
[This article about M1 Finance may contain affiliate links at no cost to you] I recently opened an M1 Finance account. I mentioned it in one of my portfolio updates but I think it’s time to talk about it in more detail because I’m enjoying what the platform offers. There’s a lot of new automated investing platforms like M1. These seem to be the rage these days as people search for an easy, cost effective way to invest. I’ve been on the verge of trying one of these but always stepped because because of one reason or another. As an investor, I had a list of things I wanted my…
