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2018, August
- “The Mexican Fisherman” Parable
- Fidelity Launches Zero-Cost Index Funds & Slashes Fees to Beat Vanguard & Schwab
- The “Sale” = “Saving Money” Fallacy (i.e. Amazon Prime Day)
- Money & Happiness: The Psychology of Intrinsic Vs Extrinsic Goals
- Warning: Avoid Health Care Sharing Ministries & Association Health Plans (AHPs)
- Vanguard’s Commission-Free ETF List Expansion is About to Blow Up the Investment World
- The Millennial Retirement Enthusiasm and Reality Gap
- Save for a Home or Retirement? A Look at First-Time Homebuyer Retirement Plan Distribution Rules
- Lifestyle Creep Defined, its Calculated Impact, & How to Beat it
- Should I Close an Old Credit Card I No Longer Use?
- Environmentally Friendly Products that Actually Save you Money
- Last Minute Tax Deductions & Credits that can Lower your Tax Bill
- The House Burning Down Exercise
- The U.S. Personal Savings Rate is Plummeting. Yours Should be Rising.
- The Best Retirement Account Type: Ranked by Contribution Priority
- Invest in Bitcoin or Avoid it Like the Plague?
- Question Every Purchase
- The Costco Appliance Warranty Adds 1 Year to the Manufacturer’s Warranty (For Free)
- The Charitable Donation Deduction Crash that Few Saw Coming
- Mainstream Personal Finance Advice for Uninspired Americans
- What is a Credit Lock? A Credit Lock Versus Credit Freeze Comparison
- Good Tax Reform or Trickle Down Economics? A Look at the New Tax Plan
- What is a Credit Freeze? And Should you Use it?
- Equifax Hack: Your Data was Hacked. Here’s How to Protect Yourself (without Equifax!)
- Creating a Better Workplace
- The Costco Liquor Cabinet: A Costco Alcohol, Wine, Beer, & Spirits Price List
- Why we Pay Too Much for Insurance (& How to Cut your Costs)
- Cut your Grocery Bill with a Grocery Price List Spreadsheet
- What Makes a Country Great? And How Can We Make Ours Better?
- Double-Check your Pay Raise! (& Other Automation & Payroll Errors)
- The Law of Diminishing Returns & Personal Finance
- Ally Invest Review (Updated for 2026)
- Airline Bumping: Your Rights & Compensation Opportunities on Overbooked Flights
- How to File an IRS Tax Extension in 2026 (Deadlines & Process)
- Should you Make SEP IRA Contributions as an Employer or Individual?
- How to Optimize, Improve, & Get the Most Out of your Crappy 401K
- Trumpcare Fails. ACA Survives. Single-Payer Next?
- Should you Pay Off your Mortgage Early? I did. Here’s why.
- Credit Karma Review: Everything to Know (from a User in 2026)
- Retirement Number Predictions Gone Wrong have Consequences
- Safe Withdrawal Rate: How to Calculate how Much you Need to Retire
- Should you Front-Load your HSA Contributions?
- Get an IRS EIN Number to Protect your SSN on W-9s for Self-Employment Income
- Is My Money Safe in an Investment Account?
- Backdoor Roth IRA: An Overview & How-To Guide (for 2026)
- Managing the Gap Between your Reality & your Financial Goals
- Comcast Xfinity is Using your Router as a Wi-Fi Hotspot, at your Expense. Here’s how to Opt Out.
- The Power of Portion Control
- Obamacare to Trumpcare: what Should & what Will Happen
- Open Enrollment Deserves Your Full Attention. Here’s Why.
- It is Madness to Risk Losing what you Need in Pursuing what you Simply Desire
- The Final Stage of LED Light Bulb Adoption: Every Bulb as LED
- Passive Index Investing is Boring. And it’s Spectacular.
- The Wells Fargo Scandal Shows why Stronger Consumer Protections are Needed
- Sam’s Club Vs. Costco Comparison Review (2026 Update)
- Reduce your Consumption by Delaying Purchases for 1 Month
- Your Employer’s 401K Match is Not a Suggestion (or Maximum)
- IRS “Gig Economy” Tax Guide Helps with Gig Worker Tax Filings
- EpiPen Further Proves that Unchecked Capitalism & Health Care Don’t Mix
- Those who Avoid Short-Term Consumption Trends will Prosper
- How Long Should you Keep Tax Records?
- It’s Time for a Federal Ban on Salary History Questions
- How to Shop at Sam’s Club without a Membership (Updated for 2026)
- Prosperity is Only an Instrument to be Used, Not a Deity to be Worshipped
- Hacking the 3 Stages of Life
- The Case for a Diversified Investment Allocation
- Gamify your Personal Finances to Power-up your Real Life
- Low Risk, High Returns!
- Get a Free Sam’s Club Membership from AmEx
- Housing Bubble 2.0 is Here. Protect Yourself from a Housing Crash.
- Compound Returns: 2X your Retirement Savings by Starting at 25 vs. 35
- Earning More Does Not Cure All
- Ticketmaster Class Action: Ticket Vouchers & Discount Codes (Expired)
- How do I Know if a Fund is “Passive”?
- Hack your Credit Utilization Ratio to Improve your Credit Score
- Passive Funds Versus Active Funds: The Conclusive Results
- Most Millennials Hate their Jobs. Here’s How to Fix it
- An Overview of the New Overtime Rules & How they Could Impact you
- How to Contribute to an HSA Outside of an Employer Payroll Deduction
- “In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run, it is a weighing machine”
- Why “No-Spend Days” Don’t Work (& what to Replace them with)
- How to Change Credit Card Payment Due Dates to Avoid Late Fees
- Loss Incentive: a Jedi Mind Trick to Save & Invest More
- Spousal IRA Basics (For 2025 & 2026)
- Basic Income: Basically Inevitable?
- Vanguard Lowers Fees (Again). Here’s why…
- Chobani’s CEO Shows us how Capitalism SHOULD be Done