Erin Moriarity bought her first stock at 8 years old: Campbell Soup, because she liked the kids on the label. Disney came second. By the time she passed her CFP exam in 2016, she’d studied personal finance for decades. Her YouTube channel, Erin Talks Money, has grown to more than 390,000 subscribers. The audience skews…
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On the Inside SMAs podcast powered by Zephyr’s PSN, host Ryan Nauman speaks with Mario Valente, deputy CIO at Stansberry Asset Management, a 10+ year RIA with nearly $1.4B AUM and offices in Dallas (HQ), New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Washington State. Valente explains the firm’s focus on capital preservation and…
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I’m still here! I took an unplanned (and therefore unannounced) break from writing the blog, which was intended to be for a week, but expanded to a month and then two months… WHOOPS. I confess I needed some time off from ye olde Frugalwoods after consistently posting for 9.5 years. That’s the longest I’ve ever…
FIRE is ultimately about being set for life. You build a portfolio big enough to cover your expenses, and then your one job is to not blow it up. But here’s the tension worth talking more about. The moment you give up your paycheck, you also give up your single biggest wealth-building engine: active income….
David Kaleda The issue of whether digital assets should be included in retirement plans covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 has not gone away. President Donald Trump’s executive order issued last August and the Department of Labor’s proposed rule from April both support the notion that digital assets can be included…
Warren Buffett’s retirement as CEO marked the end of an era at Berkshire Hathaway. While Berkshire remains committed to long-term ownership of high-quality compounders, some recent portfolio moves under new leadership suggest that there is a greater comfort with sophisticated, high-growth opportunities that sit at the center of artificial intelligence (AI). The evidence appears clearly…
Kristy & Bryce with their new edition in front ofThe Turia Fountain in Spain From JL: Turns out you can still travel, even with a kid. Who knew? Certainly not their detractors. For years they confidently said, “You can only travel as you do, and be FIRE’d, because you don’t have kids. Once you have…
College students have a lot on their plate already, including the need to study to get good grades, participating in any number of on-campus activities and potentially working part-time to have some spending money. That said, college students should also focus on their financial future, including steps they can take to build credit before they…