Finance Xpress

If you're one of the 8,000 Meta employees getting laid off in May, the difference between a good and great outcome could be worth $50,000 or more. The main reason for the layoffs is to offset their massive AI CAPEX. I've spent 14 years helping people negotiate severance packages, including engineering my own layoff and […]

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Earlier this year, I decided to give up cable to simplify my life and save $120 a month. I don't watch much TV, and when I do, it's sports. But with so little time, I watch the condensed 10-minute highlights on YouTube for free. Around the same time, I decided not to renew my Bay […]

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There are a lot of things wealth is good for, but one of the most underrated benefits is being able to buy peace and quiet. As I was sitting in the hot tub with my two children at Everline Resort in Lake Tahoe, I couldn't help but feel a little frazzled by all the noise. […]

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For those who work in AI, let me share a cautionary tale based on history. You may be getting incredibly rich right now, but there’s little point in being rich if your safety is constantly at risk. Back in 2008, I was working in finance at Credit Suisse Group in San Francisco. There were constant […]

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One of the key ways to FIRE is to save and invest aggressively. You've forecasted your misery, therefore, you know that by the time your misery becomes a reality, you'll have invested enough money to retire early and break free from the grind. Obviously, if you don't forecast when you'll be miserable, you're probably not […]

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Every year or two, the market hands you a gift wrapped in anxiety. You watch your portfolio bleed, you refresh your brokerage app more than you should, and you feel helpless. But when you have children, that helplessness can flip into something more actionable. This past year, with the stock market getting crunched by geopolitical […]

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After publishing my piece on the shocking cost of eldercare, a question kept nagging at me that I couldn't shake: when money is finite and the people you love are not, how do you decide who to help or save first? A $230,000-a-year group home in Hawaii for one person. Four parents to potentially care […]

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