From last week’s Mindful Money Weekly, you remember that there are three measurable and controllable percentages that are absolutely critical to your long-term investment success. These are the three financial levers each of us can pull to alter our long-term financial outcomes for better or worse: Savings Rate: The percentage of your income you save.

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There are three measurable and controllable percentages that are absolutely critical to your long-term investment success. These are the three financial trade-offs you make that will alter your long-term financial outcomes: Savings Rate: The percentage of your income that you save Equity Allocation: The percentage of your portfolio you place in equities Withdrawal Rate: The

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Over the last two weeks, we have placed the choice between using passive tools vs. active tools into the greater context of our lives. As a quick review: Active investing requires far more effort – either on the part of the investor, or on the part of another (creating an expense to the investor). Active

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Rocky, thanks for humoring me and joining me on the whole “Wealth is having a moment in our culture” riff. I think we have to be careful not to demonize people with money. ABOUT ROCKY LALVANI & RICHER SOUL Wealth Coach Rocky Lalvani, MBA, Enrolled Agent IRS, helps people who have financial success utilize their

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Last week, we introduced the constant competition between two camps of investors: the Active vs. the Passive. And, without taking a stance re: financial outcomes (performance is entirely unpredictable), we made the case that a passive approach might be the better approach. It is the one I choose personally, and recommend often – if for

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There are two ideas constantly competing for dominance in the world of investing advice – Active vs. Passive. Your outcomes, in terms of investment returns, will probably differ very little based on which side you choose to believe – though evidence does support a passive approach. Your outcomes, in terms of the time spent and

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I am very anxious about a lot of things, but “not running out of money” tops my list. It took me a long time to identify the source of this anxiety, but now I know it stems from growing up in a family that had very few resources – and knowing how close we were

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The market moves quickly. No one (not I, not you), can see it coming. Some people continuously repeat their predictions and eventually look very smart…  you know, broken clocks. Some people say they see it coming beforehand (lots of people say lots of things) – you can’t know who will be right. More people say

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As many of you know, my son – Eli – is a musician. You can see his work – both covers and originals – on his Youtube channel. About a month ago, he was listening to Coney Island, a Taylor Swift song featuring Matt Berninger (of The National), when I heard the following lyric in

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