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Musings on personal finance and more. Not written with AI since 2012.

What is the minimum needed to start investing for retirement?

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  Okay, so say you’re ready to invest. You’ve either paid off all your debts, or you’re not going to listen to me and want to get started now, regardless. Either way, I’ve got your back. Let’s also say that … Read More … Read More

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How to know if you’re financially ready to start investing

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  I’ve talked a lot about investing on this site. This is both because this is where a lot of my focus is in my own life (that and my final boss character), but also because it’s where I think … Read More … Read More

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How to pay for a deductible

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  I wrote about how to choose a deductible. Here is the equation we came up with. Choose a higher deductible over a lower one when: In general, I recommend higher deductibles over lower ones. A $1,000 deductible might seem … Read More … Read More

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How to choose a deductible

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  WARNING: This post contains math. My car was hit the other day. We got a freak snow storm here in normally-rainy Portland, and people do not know how to handle driving in this weather. (To be fair, Oregon doesn’t salt … Read More … Read More

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You’re surviving, but are you thriving?

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  With the new year upon us, most people are detoxing from too many holiday parties, too much holiday travel, and and way too much holiday food/drink/board games (or whatever else you did to excess). I don’t begrudge anyone excess, … Read More … Read More

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Meet me in Portland for a financial round-table discussion group!

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  In this new year, I continue to post twice a week, every week, as I’ve done since I started this site. I do this because I believe that consistent application of effort is the best way to achieve any … Read More … Read More

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What will you do differently this year?

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  WARNING: This post contains physics. I love the last two weeks of the year, because it feels like the calendar equivalent of the space after the comma in a sentence; it’s not what comes before and it’s not what … Read More … Read More

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How to deal with financial envy

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  As readers of the site know, I bought a home this year. It was a trying process, but I feel like I was prepared for it, and navigated the process with tenacity, if not actual skill. I paid my … Read More … Read More

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Year in review 2015: Your top 10 favorite posts

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  I wrote about my favorite posts for this year. But what about yours? I ran a report and came up with the ten most frequently visited posts fro this year, just like I did for 2014 and 2013. Very … Read More … Read More

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Year in review 2015: My top 10 favorite posts

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  Well here we are at the end of the year. At a rate of two posts per week, there have been over a hundred posts on this site since this time last year. I’m sure you haven’t read them … Read More … Read More

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