I’m sure there are etiquette websites that delve into this question. But being that Emily Post has been dead since 1960, and as far as I’m concerned, no one has taken her place, this leaves me with a dilemma. What’s the secret formula for choosing a wedding gift? Mr. Groovy and I are in our …
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A few months ago, I reached out to podcaster Joshua Sheats about my Junior IRA idea. For those of you who aren’t familiar with him, Joshua has been in the podcast business since 2013. The name of his podcast is Radical Personal Finance (RPF). RPF is all about financial freedom. In Joshua’s own words, he is …
Back in April, I penned a post called, Two Awesome Benefits of Being Income Poor but Asset Rich. And in this post, I made a serious error concerning the calculation of a capital gains tax. I was under the impression that there was no capital gains tax on any capital gain you had if your …
Last week I tweeted that Mrs. Groovy and I hit a milestone of sorts. We now have over $500K in our retirement accounts. I found this achievement to be rather remarkable for two reasons. First, we haven’t had our retirement accounts for very long. We opened our Roths in June of 2006. Mrs. Groovy began …
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Only four months to go until Mr. Groovy and I quit our jobs! It’s so close, and yet, two weeks ago I was inches away from resigning. I even asked Mr. Groovy to check with his employer about putting me on his health plan. We would be OK if I jumped ship now. But we’d …
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