Category: Investing

When it comes to anything in life, you don’t want to pay more for anything if you don’t have to. Keeping your expense...

Written by Adam on April 21, 2021. 1 comment.

It’s rough to get started, but once you know the best practices and questions to ask you’ll be on track to invest con...

Written by Adam on April 11, 2021. 9 comments.

Rather than relying on others to create tools to track your finances – create your own! Here’s a look at what I track...

Written by Adam on March 21, 2021. 32 comments.

Housing costs are almost without fail the largest expenses single expenses for most people. These are some of the pla...

Written by Adam on March 19, 2021.

Where cryptocurrencies were once the reserve of tech nerds, these days, they’ve become so mainstream that your parent...

Written by Adam on March 3, 2021.

An interactive guide to figuring out which accounts you should use, and how much to invest in each, for retirement.

Written by Adam on September 21, 2020. 9 comments.

Accessing a 401(k), IRA or Roth IRA early can lead to a 10% early withdrawal penalty. With a little planning you can ...

Written by Adam on June 29, 2020. 11 comments.

The FIRE movement isn’t based on a consistently rising market. For most it’s based on long-term trends, personal flex...

Written by Adam on April 13, 2020. 24 comments.

Trying to stay calm or happy in the face of major news events is struggle. Here’s a look at how I handle new anxiety ...

Written by Adam on March 16, 2020. 5 comments.

With the rise of free trades on more and more online brokerages comes a new batch of investors learning the ropes. Th...

Written by Adam on October 29, 2019. 4 comments.

For the last three months, my main focuses have been getting outside to enjoy Utah, running a half-marathon, taking a...

Written by Adam on October 21, 2019. 10 comments.

I reserve 5% of my portfolio for speculative investing. This small slice has made for the biggest ride and the wildes...

Written by Adam on September 30, 2019. 12 comments.

One of my 4 pillars of investing is understanding diversification and the role it plays in asset allocation. This pos...

Written by Adam on September 2, 2019. 2 comments.

Investing in a 401(k) account can be scary. There’s a lot to learn and countless decisions that have to be made just ...

Written by Adam on July 22, 2019. 12 comments.

If you were to split up your financial life into phases, what would they be? Here are the four phases that have made ...

Written by Adam on June 24, 2019. 7 comments.

Use these calculators to solve for exponential growth. There’s 4 different calculators, allowing you to provide any v...

Written by Adam on May 27, 2019.

Follow this guide to perform a security audit and protect your accounts from the latest ways thieves are using to gai...

Written by Adam on May 23, 2019. 4 comments.

This is the fourth post in Minafi’s The Focused Investor series. This series is a chance to hear investing opinions a...

Written by Adam on March 11, 2019. 2 comments.

This is the third post in Minafi’s The Focused Investor series. This series is a chance to hear investing opinions an...

Written by Adam on January 25, 2019. 3 comments.

2018 was a crazy financial year for us. After moving across the country in 2018, this was the quarter we finally got ...

Written by Adam on January 21, 2019. 2 comments.