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How to Win the Lotto
Jerry and Marge Shelbee are a retired couple from Michigan, US, who won the state lotto. Although this is hard to do, it’s not uncommon...
Tuan Phan
Sep 23, 20233 min read
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Buy the Whole Haystack: Why Index Investing Beats Stock Picking
The importance of diversification in the stock market. Looking for the needle in the haystack Many people wrongly believe that the stock...
Tuan Phan
Sep 9, 20235 min read
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How Much Money Do You Need?
How do you know how much money you need to invest in order to be financially independent? The total amount you need to have invested in...
Blair Hoover
Aug 26, 20234 min read
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Blackrock's New UCITES iBond ETFs
What does this mean for investors? I just found out that Blackrock launched a new suite of iBonds ETFs on August 9th that are UCITS and...
Tuan Phan
Aug 18, 20235 min read
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Financial Advisors and Active Fund Managers
Active vs Passive The “Active vs Passive” debate was settled long ago - passive is better in the long run mathematically and empirically,...
Tuan Phan
Aug 12, 20234 min read
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Understanding Investing
“It takes above average intelligence to understand index investing” -Tuan Phan Index Investing is Simple Being a passive investor is...
Tuan Phan
May 13, 20234 min read
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Buying Vs Renting: The Numbers
"I don't want to be throwing away all that money on rent." Land ownership has been the most common way of building wealth throughout...
Blair Hoover
Apr 29, 20237 min read
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Investing is a Solved Game
Chess is one of the oldest and most popular board games in the world, with a rich history that spans more than a thousand years. Today,...
Tuan Phan
Apr 22, 20233 min read
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Money Can Grow: The Power of Compound Interest
The compound interest formula looks complex and intimidating. But this mathematical formula holds to key to your financial freedom....
Blair Hoover
Apr 8, 20233 min read
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No Called Strikes
"There are no called strikes in the (investing) business” Perhaps Warren Buffett’s most iconic interview was his very first* on National...
Tuan Phan
Apr 5, 20233 min read
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Diversification: how to prevent financial collapse
Over the weekend in the US, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) went under. Banks fail all the time, but this was a rather large one with a...
Blair Hoover
Mar 16, 20233 min read
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What's Possible? Financial Independence for Everyone
When I was just a few years out of university and trying to find my way in the world, I did a quick calculation of my expenses and tried...
Blair Hoover
Mar 11, 20233 min read
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Lessons from a Bear Market
At the end of 2021, I was confident I would have enough money to be fully retired by the end of 2023. That was right about at the height...
Blair Hoover
Mar 4, 20233 min read
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The Price of a Financial Education
It was 2012, I was newly out of debt and looking for what to do with my savings. I knew I wanted the money to grow, I knew I should...
Blair Hoover
Mar 1, 20233 min read
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