Hold onto your seats folks! Have we got a battle today! Last month, we pitted two investing heavyweights against each other. In that battle, Vanguard narrowly won a nine round decision victory against Fidelity, and investing fans immediately began calling for a match up between Vanguard and the last great challenger in the investing world […]
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Vanguard vs. Fidelity: Which is best for index fund investors?
If you’ve followed the investing headlines (or even just watched the Super Bowl commercials) you’ve probably already heard the shocking news. Fidelity’s declared war with Vanguard. And they’ve now taken the arms race to uncharted territory – Fidelity is literally offering FREE index funds. The move dethrones Vanguard’s decades long position as the cheapest index […]
Build Wealth 6.5 Times Faster by Adding Compound Savings to your Compound Interest
Here’s an epiphany that hit me the other day. I was deciding on my annual money goals, and I hit a mental wall. I was dreaming up an ambitious plan: to see if I can save $40,000 over the next year. And yet, all the typical excuses started crawling out from their hiding places and […]
Where to Invest Your Cash for Maximum Safety and Return in 2019
So you’ve finally got some cash. Awesome! And you want to make some money with that cash. Even better! Maybe you’re looking to build up a safety net. Or you’re in the market to buy a first house, but it’ll still be a few months until you’ve got the full down payment saved up. Or […]
This 100-year-old retiree with $5 million in the bank has a simple lesson for us all.
Step aside, early retirees. Orville Rogers has your retirement goals dwarfed. And he’s not even trying. You see, I’ve talked a lot on this blog about hypotheticals. A couple million here, a few decades there. Then there’s Orville Rogers. He’s a former airplane pilot who, at age 60, was forced to retire due to the […]
