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The Weekly Summary - Personal Finance Edition [Issue 41.1]

23 Jan 2021 1 minute read 8 comments tvlachak

Issue 41.1 / January 23, 2021 Personal Finance You can never go wrong learning more about personal finance. This is great financial wisdom. Read this Tweet a few times, like I did. Spaving is the act of spending money to save. Don't spave! Avoid ge...

The Weekly Summary - Personal Finance Edition [Issue 35.0]

7 Dec 2020 1 minute read 18 comments tvlachak

Issue 35.0 / December 7, 2020 Personal Finance A reminder to all of us of freezing our credit when not actively opening new loans or credit cards. If you see something fishy on your credit report, here's how to handle it. Rebuild a damaged credit hi...

The Weekly Summary - Personal Finance Edition [Issue 34.1]

4 Dec 2020 1 minute read 14 comments tvlachak

Issue 34.1 / December 4, 2020 Personal Finance Australia's economy flexes it muscle by having a strong third quarter. Read up on how to borrow like Buffett. The oracle of Omaha says if you're a homeowner, refinance already. This financial planner rec...

A Motivational (Mobile Friendly) Spreadsheet Tool for Reducing yer Expenditure....

22 Nov 2020 3 minute read 1 comment RealSociology

I’ve long advocated that people who can should reduce their unnecessary expenditures in order to save-down, invest more and realise Financial Independence as early as possible. However, expenditure habits are hard to break. I know this from personal...

My New Low Cost of Living Off Grid-ish Idyllic Life

10 Nov 2020 5 minute read 2 comments RealSociology

Welcome to Paradise' That's how I was welcomed to the country a few days ago over dinner by one of the guests as soon as they learned I'd just moved to this part of Portugal. She may have been slightly crazy, in a good way (she thinks the FED are sat...

My October to November Budget - 40% saved from last month!

6 Nov 2020 4 minute read 0 comments RealSociology

I estimated a couple of weeks ago (here) that moving to Portugal would enable me to reduce my total monthly expenditure by around 40%, and now I've got the data, I'm very pleased to announce that my estimate was spot on! I've just used a 1-1 EU to £...

Moving to Portugal has Reduced My Cost of Living by 30%!

2 Nov 2020 2 minute read 0 comments RealSociology

The main reason for my moving to Portugal was to cut my cost of living expenses by at least 30%, and having been here for only two weeks, I’m going to declare 100% success. At least in terms of my basic cost of living expenses - shelter and utilities...

Day 1

26 Oct 2020 1 minute read 4 comments acornsportfolio

Hey people, my name is Trey and I’m a 40 year old manager of a Chick-fil-A here in Denver Colorado. I started using the Acorns app about 5 years ago when I came across it on a social media site. See, I’d been playing around with investing but I just...

The Weekly Summary - Issue 27.1 - Personal Finance Edition

12 Oct 2020 1 minute read 18 comments tvlachak

Issue 27.1 / October 11, 2020 Personal Finance Making a financial family tree may help you trace generations of money behavior. Middle class unemployment and debt during the age of Covid. Learn from experience. These recent early retirees share some...

The Weekly Summary - Issue 26.1 - Personal Finance Edition

7 Oct 2020 1 minute read 11 comments tvlachak

Issue 26.1 / October 7, 2020 Personal Finance A short video by the International Monetary Fund explaining inflation. Morgan Stanley hypothesizes the impact of super saving versus economic deceleration. The United States Federal Reserve and the Europ...