Shawn Yesner and I talk about the simple fact that most of us, myself included, spend time with serious debt problems – and that overcoming those problems begins with establishing a “No shame zone.” ABOUT SHAWN YESNER & THE CRUSHING DEBT PODCAST Yesner Law is a boutique real estate law firm in Tampa, Florida, that

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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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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Berkeley May Explore Making Reparations to Black Residents A friend of mine just wrote this article. It’s important that we keep talking and writing, but it is more important that we start doing. A Startup Is Sucking CO2 From the Sky and Making Diamonds. No More Mining?

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Yes! No. Maybe? No one knows, and it doesn’t matter to long-term, goal-focused, and planning-driven investors. Always remember, the market cannot be timed. By definition, no one knows for sure that we’re in a recession while we’re in the recession. A recession is 2 consecutive quarters of GDP decline, and they’re “called” by the National

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web In Search of Troy My daughter Annie is Athena in her middle school production of The Odyssey. All students of antiquity will find this very interesting. Tim Urban on Pluralistic Ignorance The need to belong is often stronger than the need to express a particular belief. This

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Thanks Paul and Paul for a great conversation. I wish we could have kept recording because it was the conversation AFTER the interview where we got into the human happiness dip that occurs in the late 40s and early 50s (where all three of us are sitting). ABOUT FINANCIAL DADS Hosted by Paul Fagan and

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web TEAM HIGHLIGHTCan I Afford to Take a Sabbatical?A great article on the EP Blog by our very own Carrie Sax. We all want to take a sabbatical, but the question is… “Can I afford to take a sabbatical?” Read it and find out. 9 Reasons Why Active

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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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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Heuristics That Almost Always Work The most dangerous mental shortcuts are the ones that work ALMOST all of the time. Let Your Kids Be Bad at Things Why is it so hard to just let them do their thing, warts and all? My therapist often asks the

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