Many finance sites, books, and blogs tend to cater to the “rich” side of the wealth distribution curve. When I finished graduate school and scored my first “J.O.B.” I wanted to invest, but didn’t have enough money to snuggle up with a brokerage firm or reach the minimum funds needed to buy many mutual funds. If you’ve got $500 (or less), but it’s just sitting there in your … [Read more...] about How to Invest $500
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What My Orchard Teaches Me about Investing
Planting an orchard this summer has been one of the most fulfilling and therapeutic things my wife and I have done since buying our first house last winter. Last night, we were watering these young apple saplings after a long day of work. After I reluctantly headed inside for the night, I began to think of blog post topics. I started to ponder how growing and maintaining … [Read more...] about What My Orchard Teaches Me about Investing
5 Things That Have Changed In My 27 Years
Today’s the day I was liberated from the womb, 27 short years ago. I thought it would be interesting to compare life now to what it was like back when I entered this world that fateful, stormy, June 1st day. … [Read more...] about 5 Things That Have Changed In My 27 Years
Investing: The Financial Field Guide
“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.” -Unknown Being an undercover Finance Nerd, it seems that building wealth is a conversation that comes up often for me, whether it’s with my wife, friends, or even strangers in the checkout line at the grocery store. Whether or not you find investing interesting, having a … [Read more...] about Investing: The Financial Field Guide
5 Things I Would Do Differently in College
College is one of the best and most challenging periods of life. I had a great college experience overall but if I had a time machine, and could go back to my college years, I would do some things differently. I would probably do other awesome things with said time machine, but I’ll save that for another post…. … [Read more...] about 5 Things I Would Do Differently in College