In my 9th YouTube video, I discuss how dangerous it is to follow financial rules of thumb. I break down reasonable retirement dates based upon average saving rates over entire working careers. You have a very personal choice to make…
Investing 101: Part 4 – How to Analyze Bond Funds
In my 8th YouTube video, I cover how I go about analyzing different bond funds for the purpose of making a decision of whether or not to buy (or buy more of) an investment. I also cover a lot of information…
Investing 101: Part 3 – How to Analyze Dividends
In my 7th YouTube video, I cover how I go about analyzing dividends and the dividend history of a fund or stock for the purpose of making a decision of whether or not to buy (or buy more of) an investment.…
Investing 101: Part 2 – How to Evaulate a Stock
In my 6th YouTube video, I cover how I go about analyzing a stock for the purpose of making a decision of whether or not to buy (or buy more). Many within the FI community prefer index funds only. I…
Investing 101: How to Evaluate an Index Fund
In my 5th YouTube video, I use screen sharing to cover information on index funds. I share some of the key financial information I consider when evaluating an index fund. This video is the first of my four-part series on…
Free Financial Planning and Wealth Tracking Software: Personal Capital
My wife and I have been using Personal Capital for seven months now. I log in after every day that the market completes trading as it vastly simplifies our investment tracking. We can easily track our net worth, view our…
Salary Man Breaking Free
In my third YouTube video, I discuss: Finding balance between savings rate and life experiences; encouraging others to pursue a moderate path to achieving financial independence; how one’s opinion of work might change over time. Click on ‘read more’ to…
Plato’s Cave: Philosophical Financial Independence Thinking
In my second video, I describe how applying philosophical concepts can lead you to a life of saving more money and increased happiness. This is the second part of my book review Early Retirement Extreme. For the first part of…
Why Work? Presenting a Different Way of Life
Over the next four weeks, I’ll be creating posts linking to my YouTube videos in the order which I created them. This was my first YouTube video and is roughly 5 minutes in length. I review a couple really awesome…
Snowball Quarterly Update: 1st Quarter 2017
The first quarter in 2017 has been an amazing and adventurous one, both personally and financially. My wife and I have documented some of those events here and here. Today, I’m providing an update to our scoreboard. When our scoreboard is moving toward an…