Don’t Pay Fees to Buy Vanguard Mutual Funds at Other Brokerages I see many people in our community get obsessed with only buying “VTSAX” (Vanguard’s Total Stock Market Index Fund) because they’ve heard so much about it in the FI Community. This is a wonderful fund if you’re investing through
Year End Wins (Part 2) I received so many incredible ‘year end wins’ emails that I felt compelled to feature as many as possible these last two newsletters of the year. For some more year end inspiration, check out ChooseFI podcast Episode 468 ‘Year End Wins 2023’ that came out
Dave Ramsey’s 8% Withdrawal Rate is NOT Okay ChooseFI is a ‘positive vibes’ kind of place, but there are rare occasions where I see dangerous advice put out into the world by personal finance celebrities that needs to be responded to. This is one of those times: Dave Ramsey’s delusional
Deep Dive on Social Security Benefits I’ve received a lot of emails recently asking for more in-depth info about social security benefits, so I wanted to highlight an email I received from one of our community members: Here’s what Matt sent in: “I went down a rabbit hole and learned
10 Financial Rules You Need to Know You may remember my good friend Clint Murphy from ChooseFI Episode 438; simply put, he’s creating world-class content at the intersection of psychology and Financial Independence and he’s one of my favorite follows on Twitter. His recent post on the 10 Financial Rules
Positive and Negative Energy Audit It’s rare that I find something so good that I paste it here in its entirety, but I found this exercise on Twitter from Tim Ferriss and I think every one of us needs to implement this for a better life starting today: 1. Grab
In this episode: changing your mindset, starting FI at 50, the pros and cons of starting late, and facing your faults.
9 Basics of The Simple Path to Wealth I wanted to pass along two wonderful pieces of foundational content from two close friends of ChooseFI. We’ll start with JL Collins, and for this we’ll go back to one of his most important posts, “How I Failed My Daughter and a
These days, so many of us get the bulk of our worldview from snippets we read online. We’re more informed than ever, but often lacking in the depth of perspective that comes with long-form writing. That is unless you’re an avid reader of books. Sometimes you need a good book
In this episode: getting comfortable investing, the vision boards, salary negotiations, and the skill of spending
Expressing Gratitude Susanna responded to last week’s newsletter with a story that I wanted to share with you, as it highlights the power of FI and is a reminder to thank those people in your life who have made an impact on you. Here it is in Susanna’s words: “I
FI Hobbies and Activities I published a fun podcast episode yesterday with my friend Chris Terrell where we talked about some fun, frugal FI hobbies including board games (oh, how we love board games!) and pickleball. If you’re someone who doesn’t think of themselves as a board game fan, I
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