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...

As a FIRE parents raising two children in San Francisco, we rely heavily on our investments to remain free. If we significantly misjudge...

By many objective measures, 2025 was a good year. Investment returns were solid. I published another bestseller in Millionaire Milestones....

I’ve been aggressively buying the dip since March 2020, when I wrote How To Predict A Stock Market Bottom Like Nostradamus. My daughter...

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...

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...

I’m back in Honolulu for the winter holidays, visiting my parents, and I’ve been looking forward to this trip for months. Especially...

As I watched my kids tear through their Christmas presents, I felt an unexpected twinge of melancholy. I knew the thrill over that one toy...

Every year, as December rolls in and holiday lights start appearing on houses, a curious phenomenon shows up in the stock market:...

One thing I have always tried to get better at is anticipating the future. I do this as an investor and try to see what the world might...