Author Archives: Oldster

FI and Frugality: What it Means to Me (and What it Doesn’t)

  If you have done any reading within the FIRE community, you hear the word “Frugal” bandied about a good bit.  Unless you’ve won the lottery, are related to one of Google’s original employees, or sold your internet company for … Continue reading

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Five Years of Cash

        Ok, the title is a little misleading, but the truth is that the more liquid assets you have available to you for the short to mid-term time frame, the less likely you are to be subject … Continue reading

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Twenty Years of Hard Labor – What I’ve Learned About Investing

I did some interesting research a couple of years ago.  You see, I’ve been an active investor for most of the accumulation phase of my investing years.  I’ve researched stocks and bought or sold individual companies for all of my … Continue reading

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