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Most financial planning questions don’t start with pricing, but at some point, they tend to land there. If you’re considering working with a financial planner in Seattle, the conversation usually shifts to: What does this actually cost—and what am I paying for? Let’s walk through it together: What you’re paying How pricing works And how to think about the value behind it What Does “Fee-Only Financial Planner” Actually Mean? At its core, fee-only means: Your […]
The Trump administration says it has intercepted roughly $60 million in fraudulent student loan applications after launching a new federal screening tool aimed at detecting identity fraud in the student aid system. Officials say the initiative is part of a broader government-wide anti-fraud campaign coordinated through the White House and the Department of Justice. Read the rest
Three years ago, I introduced you to ProjectionLab and called it the most powerful financial planning tool I’d ever seen. It was built specifically for people pursuing FIRE, and it’s still the most useful FI planning tool I’ve found. In the original post, Kyle (the solo developer behind the project) shared his background and walked through how to build a plan. When I built my first plan, I realized I needed to immediately change my […]
Chung Ju-yung built Hyundai because he refused to be stopped. Public Release: May 19. Members have access now.Join us. He is known for turning Hyundai into an industrial force that helped transform South Korea. The company built highways, ships, cars, and entire industries. At its peak, Hyundai accounted for 16% of South Korea’s economic output. This episode explores how Chung built Hyundai, how he helped power South Korea’s rise, and how hunger, guilt, discipline, and […]
Summary Welcome to our March spending post! This month, we spent a total of £2,342. Another steady month with no major expenses. We are aiming to reduce our spending on food, but this seems to be about our ‘normal’ spending level at the moment. We’ve sorted our spending into the essentials—housing, food, and transport—plus a catch-all entertainment and miscellaneous category. As always, we’ll break down each area and give you the story behind any standout expenses. CategoryAmount Housing£409 Food£1,021 Transport£178 Entertainment/misc£734 Total£2,342
Today we’re going to continue sharing thoughts from the book How to Retire by Christine Benz. It’s a great book which I highly recommend. And as with the last article, I’ll be giving away a copy of the book at the end of this post. We’ve already posted on this book as follows: How to Retire Planning for Retirement Strong Relationships Make a Successful Retirement Activities, Meaning, and Mental Health in Retirement Thoughts on Social […]
Your 100-year-old spinster Great-Aunt Maggie dies. The family solicitor calls you in. You are expecting a small bungalow, several boxes of yellowing paperwork, and perhaps a lecture about probate. Maggie had always seemed almost aggressively frugal. She wore old clothes. She walked to the library. She grew vegetables. She did not own a car. As a child, you vaguely wondered if she might be poor. Apparently not. Because Maggie’s estate turns out to be worth […]
Emmy and Golden Globe award winner Jim Parsons became one of the best actors in the industry primarily due to the popular TV series “The Big Bang Theory.” The show centers on two nerd scientists, Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and Leonard Hofstadter (Johny Galecki), who became neighbors with a stunning blonde, aspiring actress, Penny (Kaley Cuoco). This comedy series powered through 11 seasons and 279 episodes in total. And among these masterpieces, these are the […]
When Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams could not find a publisher for a one-page book on “Everything you need to know about financial planning”, he was forced to write a 368-page book – Dilbert and the Way of the Weasels. (Ref: MyMoneyBlog) You don’t need a page to hold all the advice Adams gives. All you need… The post All the financial advice you need can fit in a post-it note! appeared first on freefincal.
AI in Retirement For decades, retirement planning for physicians has followed a single, straightforward script: grind through residency, build a high-earning career, sock away enough in your 401(k), cash balance plan, and brokerage accounts, then one day flip the switch […]
Disclosure: I am a Live Oak Bank customer and affiliate partner. If you open an account through my link, I may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. 👉 Open a Live Oak Business Savings Account For a long time, I kept my business savings at a traditional brick-and-mortar bank earning 0.01% APY (Annual Percentage Yield). At the time, I thought I was doing the responsible thing. I had built up a healthy […]
How Retired Physicians Are Using Agentic AI to Stay Sharp, Create Impact, and Keep Life Simple Retired physicians are using agentic AI in three main ways: to extend their clinical and educational impact without going back into full-time practice, to […]