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Five Reasons Why The Stock Market Is A Really Weird Place To Invest

June 15, 2019June 19, 2019 Mr. Tako 11 Comments

Investing your hard earned dollars into the stock market is probably the most common way to save for retirement these days, but investing takes plenty of faith (as discussed in a previous post). Market crashes and giant bull markets happen. Black Swan events. Weird stuff happens all the time. Things you wouldn’t expect, and events that defy logic. There’s even times when investing theory and the real world just completely disagree…

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The Seas Of Change

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 Mr. Tako 10 Comments

Quick question: How much of what you do as an investor is done on faith? The belief that you’ll continue to earn good returns from your favorite asset class. I ask, because even though we happen to be living in an Age of Prosperity, many investors are largely relying on blind faith when investing in the stock market…

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How Much Does This Blog Make (2019)?

June 8, 2019June 9, 2019 Mr. Tako 47 Comments

It seems like everybody has a side hustle these days. Whether it’s a Youtube channel, flipping goods on Ebay, selling hand-made thingamajigs on Etsy — there’s plenty of ways to make a little extra money on the side. Blogs (like this one) are just one example.

Most people don’t make a ton of money from these side hustles however. You don’t see Etsy many sellers driving Ferrari’s…

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May 2019 Dividend Income And Expenses

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 Mr. Tako 24 Comments

I think May has to be my favorite month of the year to live in the Pacific Northwest. Everything is green and blooming from previous rain showers, and the weather finally gets warm and dry enough to spend an entire day outside with the family.

Most of the year here is cold, cloudy and wet. We spend a lot of time indoors playing board games, reading books, watching movies, hanging out with friends, and trying to stay dry….

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Investing Ideas: June 2019

June 1, 2019June 1, 2019 Mr. Tako 20 Comments

They say the time to buy is when blood is in the streets… Well, I’ve starting to see plenty of red over the last couple of weeks. I guess that means it’s time for another investing ideas post!

Yep, it really has been months since I last wrote one of these investing ideas posts. It wasn’t because I lacked any interest in investing; I just couldn’t find any great ideas. Everything just looked too expensive to my eyes over these last 6 months…

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The Failure of Specialization And the Rise Of Financially Independent Generalists

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 Mr. Tako 16 Comments

Do you consider yourself a specialist or a generalist? It’s not a question you normally hear people asking themselves. Most people choose a specialization during college, and try to find work in that specialized field with the hope of earning a good living (and decent retirement).

In general, specialization is a good strategy. Specialized jobs typically pay more than being a generalist, and the payoffs for greater experience in specialized fields makes it worth it to pursue very specialized skills…

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Is Early Retirement Boring?

May 25, 2019May 25, 2019 Mr. Tako 17 Comments

One of the more frequent criticisms I hear about early retirement is that, “I’d be bored if I retired and quit my job.” (As if an interesting life doesn’t really exist outside the confines of a job.)

Personally, I hate the term ‘retired’. It comes with too much emotional baggage to be a useful word. It’s one of the reasons why I don’t self-describe myself as ‘retired’ on this blog…

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I Survived! One Week Of Solo Parenting…

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 Mr. Tako 25 Comments

Yep, I survived my week of solo-parenting! Nobody died, and very little blood was drawn. I’d call that a success! More importantly, I survived a week almost completely disconnected from the internet (other than checking the weather forecast at night)! No blogging, no email, no web browsing, and absolutely no social media…

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Single Parent Tango

May 11, 2019May 11, 2019 Mr. Tako 29 Comments

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from being a parent, it’s this — Parenting is a tough job. Everyone tells you this when you prepare to have a child, but you don’t truly understand just how tough it is until you’ve actually walked in the parenting shoes.

This goes doubly-so for single parents. When there’s two parents you can tag-team away some of the difficulty…