retire early
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Another month has flown by, and as I’ve continued to avoid paying too much attention to the stock market, it’s up another 2% and some change. Work has been pretty consuming, so dwelling on money movements has been less appealing than usual. I continue to be suspicious about the growth we’re experiencing, but as usual,…
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As I write this from my European vacation (what a pretentious way to start a post), I’ll note that I don’t usually pay too much attention to the market when I’m traveling. However, two days ago I remembered to open Monarch and refresh our retirement account balances, and discovered that I was quite close to…
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One foot in front of the other this month. It felt like the first two weeks sped by, then everything ground down to a much slower pace. It was also one of those annoying months where my semi-monthly pay schedule had my first paycheck arriving on a Sunday, which moved it to Friday the 13th…
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I have to admit, when, at the peak in February, our investments reached $1,071,XXX, I thought to myself, “We’re probably safely above a million now.” I’m a fairly superstitious person, but I am pretty sure that I didn’t knock on wood, and April made me regret it. I don’t usually show the monthly chart of…
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I don’t think my cover images are ever particularly subtle, but this one is probably the least subtle yet. We seem to have returned to a tariffs era, for better or for worse (at present, “worse” seems like the more obvious outcome), during a time when we’re still struggling with inflation and weirdly, the price…
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It’s that time of year again! We’ve made it to the end of the calendar year and past the cut-off date for the 12/31 paycheck (well, I have, at least – ymmv) and so it’s time to adjust our retirement contributions to reflect 2025’s new maximums. I know I am not alone in being a…
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