AI Can Be A Great Therapist For Many Of Your Problems
Although I’m convinced AI will eliminate millions of jobs and leave many young graduates unemployed and disoriented, there is one...
The Main Reason I Won’t Buy a New Car Anytime Soon
Well folks, after 60 agonizing days of dealing with car salespeople, test-driving far too many vehicles, visiting two auto mechanics to...
Having Kids Is The Best Way To Decumulate Wealth When FIRE
If you are a FIRE follower, then you have likely mastered the art of saving and investing aggressively. While your neighbors and colleagues...
Practice Converting Annual Investment Returns Into Time Saved
If you want to achieve financial independence, every investment we make serves one purpose: to buy back our time. Time is infinitely more...
2026 Real Estate Outlook: Better Times Ahead For Investors
Roughly 43% of my net worth is in real estate, my favorite asset class to build long term wealth for the average person. Real estate was my...
Investment Outlook For Public And Private Stocks In 2026
As a FIRE parents raising two children in San Francisco, we rely heavily on our investments to remain free. If we significantly misjudge...
New Year’s Resolutions 2026: Less Optimizing, More Living
By many objective measures, 2025 was a good year. Investment returns were solid. I published another bestseller in Millionaire Milestones....
Be Careful Buying The Dip Too Often, Too Soon
I’ve been aggressively buying the dip since March 2020, when I wrote How To Predict A Stock Market Bottom Like Nostradamus. My daughter...
2025 Year In Review: A For Effort, B Minus For Results
Happy New Year 2026 everyone! With another year wrapped up, I thought I’d do a 2025 year in review so I can one day look back fondly as...
The Best Of Financial Samurai 2025: Over 100 Million Readers Served
In July 2009, I started Financial Samurai to make sense of the financial destruction unfolding at the time. I had been toying with the idea...