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Pay Fewer Fees by Reverse Engineering Retirement Date Funds
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Target retirement date funds are a great place to get started investing. They do all the hard work of figuring out what to invest in and they even reallocate for you! Depending on your brokerage, you could be paying a hefty price for this service. Could you save 90% of your fees by doing this yourself?[Read more...] about Pay Fewer Fees by Reverse Engineering Retirement Date Funds
11 Mistakes Made By First-Time Investors
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Learning how to invest takes a lot of research. One way to get up to speed fast is to learn from others mistakes. Lucky for you, I've made many! Here are 11 mistakes that I've found to be the most impactful for first-time investors.[Read more...] about 11 Mistakes Made By First-Time Investors
Understanding Your Asset Allocation with Spreadsheets and Personal Capital
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Tracking your asset allocation can help understand the difference between your target asset allocation and your current state. I use two techniques to monitor mine - using an external tool and manually monitoring it.[Read more...] about Understanding Your Asset Allocation with Spreadsheets and Personal Capital
Vanguard Backdoor Roth IRA Conversion Walkthrough
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Step by step walkthrough of how to perform a Backdoor Roth IRA conversion on Vanguard with screenshots of each step. Vanguard makes the process extremely simple, and allows you to do it all on your own from their website.[Read more...] about Vanguard Backdoor Roth IRA Conversion Walkthrough
How Speculative Investing (No, Not $GME) Brought Me Closer to FI
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With the rise of Bitcoin, it can look like everyone is getting rich. Speculative investing isn't a new thing, but if done wrong it can bring down even the best portfolios. How can you pick investments that are going to spike?[Read more...] about How Speculative Investing (No, Not $GME) Brought Me Closer to FI