Category: Investing

Othalafehu believes in a well rounded family of assets as a bulwark against downturns in the economy, for me, this de...

Written by Adam on January 17, 2019. 2 comments.

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

Written by Adam on January 10, 2019. 3 comments.

Tax loss harvesting is a strategy for reducing taxes today by selling funds at a loss. While this seems counterintuit...

Written by Adam on November 19, 2018. 6 comments.

The Rule of 72 is a formula for estimating how many years it will take for an investment to double in value with a gi...

Written by Adam on November 12, 2018. 1 comment.

The hardest part of investing is learning how to get started. In this post, I go over exactly what I’d recommend to s...

Written by Adam on November 5, 2018. 7 comments.

When I was 26 I left my first job. It had a 401k that I had been contributing to since I started. Being the responsib...

Written by Adam on October 29, 2018. 9 comments.

A rundown on my investments, spending and finances over the last quarter. My investments were down 0.91% while my net...

Written by Adam on October 15, 2018. 13 comments.

I’m always interested to hear how other people are minimizing their tax liability after retirement. Here is my person...

Written by Adam on September 3, 2018. 22 comments.

Dividends may seem like a free money, but if you’re not prepared for it you’ll be caught with an unexpected tax-burde...

Written by Adam on August 13, 2018. 17 comments.

Every quarter I analyze my investments, share my net worth and assets with the world. This was a crazy quarter. My in...

Written by Adam on July 23, 2018. 12 comments.

ESPPs, or “Employee Stock Purchase Plans” can be one of the most lucrative benefits offered to employees – if they’re...

Written by Adam on June 25, 2018. 19 comments.

Minafi.com was launched about a year ago, but like all stories, Minafi’s starts in the middle. Here is the background...

Written by Adam on June 21, 2018. 8 comments.

If you want to achieve financial independence earlier in life, there’s a lot to know! Budgeting, investing, tax-strat...

Written by Adam on June 11, 2018. 4 comments.

If you received $1 million tomorrow, what would you do? How will taxes work? How much should you save from it? Will t...

Written by Adam on June 4, 2018. 10 comments.

The salary difference between men and women has been studied in many different times in many different fields. In eac...

Written by Adam on April 30, 2018. 28 comments.

A snapshot of my finances as of April 1, 2018. We were down 1.5% for a total of -$19,120.00 for the quarter. This inc...

Written by Adam on April 16, 2018. 10 comments.

What do you do with your investments after everything is optimized? It’s a hard struggle for these woke investors. Tr...

Written by Adam on April 1, 2018. 8 comments.

Target retirement date funds are a great place to get started investing. They do all the hard work of figuring out wh...

Written by Adam on March 22, 2018. 16 comments.

Learning how to invest takes a lot of research. One way to get up to speed fast is to learn from others mistakes. Luc...

Written by Adam on March 19, 2018. 3 comments.

Tracking your asset allocation can help understand the difference between your target asset allocation and your curre...

Written by Adam on February 22, 2018. 2 comments.