I am on the record as skeptical of the value of paying a roboadvisor to execute capital-loss harvesting, but capital-gain and capital-loss harvesting is a subject that excites financial independence bloggers (e.g. here, here, and here), so I don't want to brush off the subject completely. For those unfamiliar, capital-loss harvesting allows you to offset … [Read more...] about Five ways to capitalize asset price movements
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Everyone needs, and no one has, compounding discipline
I have written elsewhere about the importance of what I call "compounding discipline:" the deliberate choice to take the return you earn on alternative, irregular, and weird activities and reinvest them, instead of spending them. Exercising compounding discipline is essential to realizing the full benefits of those activities over medium and longer terms, but is … [Read more...] about Everyone needs, and no one has, compounding discipline
What’s the advantage of tax-advantaged accounts?
On Sunday I wrote about what I consider a fairly important oversight in the world of financial independence enthusiasts: a glaring disregard for just how minimal the taxes they spend so much time avoiding really are. Capital gains harvesting, for example, is the practice of realizing long term capital gains as often as possible in order to pay minimal taxes … [Read more...] about What’s the advantage of tax-advantaged accounts?
Financial independence, early retirement, and real estate
If you have your eyes open, one of the first curious things you notice about the "FIRE" community (Financial Independence, Retire Early) is their fixation on real estate. For example, Mr. Money Moustache "retired" from his job as an engineer in order to become a residential property manager, writing that "many of us consider property ownership to be a key part of … [Read more...] about Financial independence, early retirement, and real estate
Solo 401(k) accounts from Vanguard, with beneficial illustrations and calculations
One of the great advantages of being self-employed is the ability to open and manage your own small business retirement account. Employed people have to either take or leave their employer's 401(k) or 403(b) plan offerings, regardless of the quality or cost of the funds it offers, while the self-employed get to choose their own plan provider and pick exactly the … [Read more...] about Solo 401(k) accounts from Vanguard, with beneficial illustrations and calculations