The Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) movement has underscored the power of financial freedom. It’s the central theme in my book, Retire Before Mom and Dad. Indeed, financial freedom is the guiding principle of how I manage money. While financial freedom sounds good, however, many see it as a destination that’s at best 30 or…
Target date retirement funds make investing in a 401(k) or IRA easy. Simply pick a fund that corresponds with when you plan to retire, and the fund does the rest. In this article we’ll look at several of the best target date retirement funds available today. Target date retirement funds can be great tools for…
Investing $100 a month is simple. Many use one or more low cost index funds. So why does investing $1 million or more seem to require a more complex portfolio? In short, it doesn’t. In this article I talk about how to invest large sums of money. I’ll share my own personal experience of investing…
Albert Einstein purportedly said “compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t, pays it.” The question is how do we understand it? We can start by running 7 calculations that demonstrate the power compounding. What is Compound Interest? Compounding occurs when investments grow in value…
I’ve been investing for over 30 years. I’ve been writing about investing for the past 15 years. One of the questions I get the most is whether you should invest in an S&P 500 Index fund or a total stock market index fund–VOO vs VTI (ETFs) or VTSAX vs VFIAX (mutual funds). It’s an important…
Rolling over a 401k to an IRA is a hassle. I know from personal experience. Capitalize, a venture capital backed technology company, looks to take the hassle out of 401k rollovers. The company offers a free service that handles all of the paperwork to safely transfer a 401k to an IRA. It never has access…