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FIRE Confessionals: How A Bear Market Has Impacted The Financial Independence Movement

When I started writing about achieving financial independence in 2009, there wasn’t a lot of hoopla. We had people mainly discussing how they built large enough investment portfolios that spit …

A Money Gratitude Journal: The Best Way To Feel Better In A Bear Market

To get through the latest bear market, I thought it would be fun to go through an exercise that will surely make you feel better. The exercise is a gratitude …

The Economy Or Maybe Your Life: How Much Pain Are You Willing To Endure?

Americans are facing a difficult dilemma. How long are we willing to purposefully shut down our economy to combat the coronavirus and risk losing even more people due to a …

How Our Family Is Negatively Impacted By The Coronavirus Crisis

Instead of telling you how my family is doing OK during the coronavirus-induced stock market meltdown, I wanted to share with you how my family is being negatively impacted. From …

How To Predict A Stock Market Bottom Like Nostradamus

Are you wondering when the stock market will bottom? So am I! When there is stock market pandemonium, there tend to be a lot of worst-case scenarios thrown around e.g. …

How Real Estate Gets Impacted By A Decline In Stock Prices

When the S&P; 500 initially corrected by 10% in 2020, I immediately thought to myself: thank goodness for bonds, cash, and real estate! I had bought a slightly larger home …