State of the Stash – January 2021

It is time for my monthly personal finance and investing journal update. Let us examine the State of my Stash…

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State of the Stash – December 2020

At long last, 2020 is over! Dr. Fauci says we could potentially be looking at a somewhat normal life by the fall. (meh) In the meantime, we have my monthly updates to get us through.

It is time for my monthly savings and investing journal update. Let us examine the State of my Stash…

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State of the Stash – November

Hello people! It has been a minute. If you missed my mediocre content, I’m sorry. I’ve been buried with work (and 2020). But I’m back baby (just like value stonks and Bitcoin)! Let’s go ahead and crack the seal, on the monthly update to my personal finance and investing journal.

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My Savings Rate

The savings rate is a topic of much angst and consternation in the financial independence community. I have intended for some time to share my savings rate and periodically track/update it on this site. So, let’s do that. I also have some thoughts on the most sensible way to handle some of the more controversial aspects of computing the savings rate.

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State of the Stash – March 2019

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  I hope that this journal of savings will provide us all enhanced motivation to save.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze to see where I can improve. Continue reading “State of the Stash – March 2019”

I’ll Have What He’s Having – Behavioral Personal Finance

Behavioral Finance Tricks I Use on Myself

So, I have not written a ton about personal finance topics on this blog. In my mind, I am kind of holding off on those topics until and unless I am able to accumulate a significant amount of financial assets and reach “financial independence.” If there is an interest in more discussion of these sorts of topics, drop me a comment and I will try and oblige.

A few weeks ago, Daniel Egan who is with Betterment (a robo-advisor) shared a recent post he published on the Betterment blog. By the way, Egan is a good follow on twitter (@daniel_egan). The post was about how he uses lessons from behavioral science to help him manage his personal finances.

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