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For over 20 years, I’ve been a tennis club member. Player levels range from beginner to ex-professionals. Everybody gets along and rallies around a sport they enjoy, no matter their level of wealth. But I just realized something odd. And the realization wouldn’t have come had I not become a father. After almost three years

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The high-yield corporate bond spread is an important stock market indicator. The larger the spread, the greater the concern high-yield corporate bond investors have about the stock market and vice versa. The high-yield corporate bond spread is the difference between the yield of the bonds issued by riskier companies and risk-free Treasury yields. The spread

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Do you know what is really hard? Deciding to walk away from a whole lot of money in your prime. If you decide to retire early or take a lower-paying job out of joy, you must accept the death of your maximum money potential. Over the years, many readers looking to retire early or do

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During a bear market, one of the things I like to do is embrace losing. The more you can embrace reality, the more you can accept reality. And the more you can accept reality, the easier you can move on with your life. Recently, I ended up losing ~$1 million in real estate. It was

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Although going through another bear market is a bummer, the positive is we can all generate more passive income! And given we can now generate more passive income we can get that much closer to financial freedom. For investors, this bear market with its surging interest rates may very well be a gift. The key

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Since 2009, one of the things I have focused on is trying to help readers have a risk-appropriate asset allocation. A risk-appropriate investor invests according to their true risk tolerance. When you invest according to your true risk tolerance, you usually become a calmer, wealthier person. Over the long run, your investment asset allocation is

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A recent experience made me realize the best time to own the nicest car you can afford is when you have children. The nicer the car, the safer the usually is. Although there’s a nice mental health benefit to driving an old beater, I’m willing to spend up as a father in my 40s with

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