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Storage, Moving and Movers
Despite what felt like a relentless and merciless disposal of our stuff, our new apartment is overflowing. We’ve rented a storage locker. Too much stuff! The snow tires were the first thing to go in,...
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Swimming with Tigers, a 2nd chance on the Chautauqua, a financial article...
One of 36 seriously cool animal photos While we won’t be swimming with tigers, we also have a seriously cool Chautauqua coming together this September, including our new mountain location: Hacienda...
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Greetings from Prague & a computer question
A Cool, if a bit creepy, Prague street sculpture* Welcome to my first “on the road” post ever! Those of you who are regular readers know that, when I travel, I leave the electronics behind. In fact,...
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Stocks — Part XVII: What if you can’t buy VTSAX? Or even Vanguard?
Today we’ll explore some alternatives In Part VI of this Stock Series, and in other posts on the blog, I recommend three specific mutual funds: VTSAX (Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund) VGSLX...
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How we finally got the house sold
painting by Sergey Gusev April has long held some significant dates for me. My wife’s birthday is April 9th. My daughter’s is April 1st. How I was hoping she’d also be born on the 9th so I’d have...
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Dining with the Ghosts of Sarah Bernhardt and Alfons Mucha
The lobby of Hotel Pariz, Prague For the jlcollinsnh family, so far 2013 has been a very good year. The house is finally sold, freeing up some capital. The stock market has been on a tear. Our...
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Stocks — Part XVIII: Investing in a raging bull
As I sit here typing this afternoon the S&P 500 is trading at 1670, up 14% since the beginning of the year. 27% over the last 12 months. The very definition of a raging Bull Market. Add to this...
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Why your house is a terrible investment
My pal James Altucher calls homeownership a part of The American Religion, so I know I’m treading dangerous ground here. But before you get out the tar and feathers, let’s do a little thought...
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My path for my kid — the first 10 years
A year from now my daughter graduates from college. Here’s the early life path I suggest to her: Avoid debt. Nothing is worth paying interest to own. Avoid fiscally irresponsible people and certainly...
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Stocks — Part XIX: How to think about money
Level I: It’s not just about spending Get yourself a nice, crisp one of these: Or one of these: Or one of these: Or one of these: Or one of these: Or one of these: Or about 16 of these: Now prop it (or...
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Shilpan’s Seven Habits to Live More with Less
One of the over-riding themes here on jlcollinsnh is that when it comes to investing simple is not just easier, it is more effective and more profitable. My pal Shilpan runs a blog I read faithfully:...
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Stocks — Part VIII-b: Should you avoid your company’s 401k?
Sometimes the universe has a way of telling us to look more closely or again at something we thought we knew. In my case, two jlcollinsnh readers have caused me to take another look at 401k programs. I...
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They Will Kill You For Your Shoes!
If you decide to pursue financial freedom you are going to have to choose to spend your money on investments. Somehow in our culture this has come to be seen by most people as deprivation. That has...
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Closing up shop plus an opening at Chautauqua, my new podcast, phone, book...
Drowning in debt? Great Ted-Talk on Debt. Short, too. My apologies. I should have posted this a few weeks back. As regular readers know, I tend to disappear each summer for a few weeks of extended...
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Chautauqua 2013: A Week of Dreams
Lake Cuicocha: Where we had lunch and a boat ride in the crater of a volcano. First, thank you for you patience. I always feel a bit bad closing down the blog and leaving you with only past posts...
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Case Study #2: Joe — off to a fast start!
Over in the Ask jlcollinsnh page, reader Joe posted a very interesting profile along with a series of questions. Since I think his situation and our conversation about it might have broad interest,...
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The Stock Series gets its own page
Courtesy of: Brainless Tales Greeting Cards A couple of days ago a reader named Kevin sent me a very nice post over on Ask jlcollinsnh. It is dated October 2, 2013 if you’d like to find it and read...
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Case Study #3: Let’s get Tom to Latin America!
Image courtesy of Wikipedia I wasn’t planning two Case Studies this close together. Really. But then Tom dropped this note in my lap (actually on Ask jlcollinsnh) and it proved irresistible on several...
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Republic Wireless and my $19 per month phone plan
Painting by Sergey Gusev It was a dark and stormy night.* She told me to wait. Maybe I should have listened. But I was impatient and headed to South America. The idea of remaining in touch, of having...
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Case Study #4: Using the 4% rule and asset allocations.
Today’s Case Study gives us a chance to explore how to determine net worth and how to apply the 4% withdrawal rate against it. It also takes us into the arena of applied asset allocations. Since this...
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