I'm a fan of the Vanguard Target Retirement 20XX Funds. These Target Date Funds (TDFs) may not be perfect, but they are a low-cost, broadly-diversified, "set-it-and-forget-it" fund that I feel are consistently under-appreciated and easily maligned … [Read the rest]
It has been nearly a year since I picked up my Citi Prestige card (review), and I've done my best to take advantage of the available perks: - $250 in Airfare credit for 2015 - $250 in Airfare credit for 2016 - $100 statement credit to offset my … [Read the rest]
For the last few years, I've completed my personal returns top-to-bottom using each of the three most popular online tax prep providers - TurboTax, H&R Block, and TaxACT. I started my 2015 tax year returns this weekend, but each one was close … [Read the rest]
Reading Warren Buffett's Annual Letter always reminds me that stocks are not just some numbers that bop up and down, but are shares of real businesses with land, factories, knowledge, and hard-working people. This helps reassure me that the value … [Read the rest]
The travel rewards card that has been in my wallet the longest is the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express. It is quite famous in the travel junkie circles, but not very well known otherwise. Once you understand the combination … [Read the rest]
Sometimes I get questions about dealing with student loan debt, but I no longer feel well-qualified to answer. I graduated in 2000 with roughly $30,000 in student loan debt myself, but I never participated in any government-backed repayment plan, … [Read the rest]
Here is an updated link to the Best Cash Rates for 2019. But with the growing popularity of "robo-advisors" that manage your retirement portfolio using automated software, what if there was a robo-advisor for rate chasing? That's the basic idea … [Read the rest]
Bank of America runs a program called Museums on Us which offers cardholders free admissions to 150 museums, science centers, and botanical gardens nationwide on the first full weekend of every month (Saturday and Sunday). Simply present any valid … [Read the rest]
As a follow-up to my last post on 100% stocks forever, the referenced NYT article had some neat data that I hadn't seen anywhere else. This chart shows how the overall asset allocation of IRAs held by Vanguard change according to the age of the … [Read the rest]
The BankAmericard Travel Rewards® Credit Card is my current base rewards card (after any bonus 5% cash back categories, sign-up bonus cards, etc). This is because if you give them enough assets to hold onto (admittedly not possible for everyone), you … [Read the rest]
The NY Times had a provocative two-part series on portfolio asset allocation by David A. Levine, former chief economist at Sanford C. Bernstein & Company: Why Your Portfolio Needs Plenty of Stocks, Whatever Your Age How Much of Your Nest Egg … [Read the rest]
Here's an update on one of my real estate crowdfunding experiments. In mid-April 2015, I invested $5,000 into a loan for a single family fix-and-flip in West Sacramento, California. The loan was supposed to be for 6-months (one of the main … [Read the rest]
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