Financial Samurai
Finally Cut Cable To Prepare For Harder Times Ahead
The FIRE Movement Is So Back Thanks To AI
Why Pershing Square Holdings Trades At A Deep Discount To NAV
The Rarest Homes Have Enclosed Front And Back Yards
Becoming A Competent Investor Is A Vital Skill To Master
Escaping The Permanent Underclass May Not Be Necessary After All
Be Careful Sabotaging Your Retirement For Private Grade School
How ETFs, Open End Mutual Funds, and Closed End Funds Actually Trade
Why the Feel-Good Wealth Effect From Real Estate Beats Stocks
What Fundrise’s Innovation Fund NYSE Listing Means for Investors
Why the Best Real Estate Deals Exist Outside the Frenzy Zone
Lose Weight By Embracing Your Inner Economist and PF Nerd
$200,000 Is Now Considered Lower Income Or Poor For Families
Why Letting an ARM Reset Can Be Smarter Than Refinancing
AI Can Be A Great Therapist For Many Of Your Problems
The Main Reason I Won’t Be Buying a New Car Anytime Soon
Having Kids Is The Best Way To Decumulate Wealth When FIRE
2026 Real Estate Outlook: Much Better Times Ahead
Practice Converting Annual Investment Returns Into Time Saved
Investment Outlook For Public And Private Stocks In 2026
New Year’s Resolutions 2026: Less Optimizing, More Living
Be Careful Buying The Dip Too Often, Too Soon
2025 Year In Review: A For Effort, B Minus For Results
The Best Of Financial Samurai 2025: 100 Million Readers Served
Almost Burned Down My Parent’s Home Twice In One Week
Eliminated a Regret and Fulfilled a Childhood Dream for Free
Betting On The Santa Claus Rally To Finally Come Through
Being Unable To Spend The 529 Plan Money When The Time Comes
Warning: Households Have More Wealth in Stocks Than Real Estate
How Much To Spend On House Cleaning By Income and Net Worth
The Third Rule Of Financial Independence Could Also Be Your Biggest Regret
Investment Gains Shouldn’t Cancel Out Your Cash Flow Problems
Overcoming Financial Hopelessness When Life Feels Impossible
Selling Treasury Bonds Is Easy, But Consider The Tax Implications
Big Lot vs Great Views: Deciding Which Home Offers More Value
Why Housing Affordability Could Actually Be At An All-Time High
Time to Buy A New Car: Mine Is 10 Years Old & Causing Problems
Thankful for the Opportunity to Keep Competing and Thinking
Living Solely Off Social Security Benefits In Retirement Is Possible
How To Overcome Travel Guilt As a Stay-at-Home Parent
Made More From One House Than 26 Years of 401(k) Investing
Survived Basic Economy And Then Won The Lottery
The 2026 401(k) Contribution Limits Feel Like Big Money Now
A 50-Year Mortgage Is Fantastic For Homeowners And Investors
Be an American Nerd, Not the Cool Kid, If You Want to Survive
You Might Not Be as Good an Investor as You Think
Please Don’t Rent Your Entire Life: Housing Security Is Vital
Paying For A Home Inspection Is Worth The Cost, Don’t Skip Out
FIRE Confessional: No Big Paycheck During a Bull Market Stinks
The 8 Scariest Financial Situations You Can Find Yourself In
How to Endure Suffering to Build Greater Wealth and Resilience
Poor Versus Rich Millionaires: Liquidity Is The Difference
Millionaire Early Retirees Probably Shouldn’t Get Healthcare Subsidies
Permission To Live It Up In Retirement Granted: The New 5% SWR
How Empower’s Free Financial Review Helped Me Rethink Retirement
Spending Money to Save Time Is the Best Use of Funds
Vacations Just Aren’t As Great Once You Retire Early
It Feels Like 1999 Again: Time To Party Without Blacking Out
The Cost To Prove Your Ethnicity And Heritage: Hawaiian Edition
The Main Way To Save Your Children From AI Is To Invest In AI
Turn a Government Shutdown Into an Opportunity to Thrive
Identity Diversification May Be As Important As Investment Diversification
The Ideal Length Of Time To Hold A Mortgage Until Paying It Off
Being Truly FIRE Is Terrible For Entrepreneurship, But That’s OK
Purposefully Leaving A Rental Property Empty As A Luxury Move
The Difficulty Of Donating Money When You’re Unemployed Or FIRE
Invest In Monopolies To Profit And Win: Resistance Is Futile
The Upside of Grindcore Culture: Work Hard, Profit Harder