Can Money Buy Happiness?
Yes, but not in the ways that most people think. When someone experiences a liquidity event, it is often accompanied...
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4 tips to survive divorce as an entrepreneur
Corrected as of May 11, 2015. Original draft blog was inadvertently published April 29, 2015. Divorce is never easy and...
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Big Data Must Die
On our annual ski trip, we decided to ride the California Zephyr, which cuts an unimaginable path through the Rockies....
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Never A Good Time To Invest
The last five years have been nothing more than spectacular for those that endured the stock market collapse of...
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How much will my 401(k) pay per month?
I have written about retirement before, even arguing “Don’t save for retirement” at times to make the point that...
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How hard is it to ‘make it ends meet’ on $400,000 per year?
The Wall Street Journal posted a video of an imaginary couple making $400,000 and how they would still only ‘just get...
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How many millionaires in Georgia?
The list below (Source: WSJ / Phoenix Marketing International) shows the number of households with at least $1 million...
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Looking for Investment Advice?
A policeman sees a drunk searching for something under a streetlight and asks what he has lost. The man answers he has...
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Financial Planning for Entrepreneurs – Different, Not Difficult
I am not sure how I convinced Scarlett to give the financial planning process one more chance. Her experience with...
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Solving the Mystery of Lifestyle Cash Flow
Lifestyle Cash Flow is the linchpin of your Point of Independence. Yet when I ask, “How much after-tax cash flow does...
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The cost of changing the taillight bulb
I was trying to change the taillight bulb in my car this weekend and realized that the head of the screw matched...
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Warren Buffett’s Simple Investing Principles
Being in Omaha, Nebraska the weekend that Warren Buffett published his annual letter to shareholders was a great moment...
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What financial planners can learn from snipers
Crosshairs are only good up close. The longer the shot, the more likely the wind will move your shot off target. And...
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Beating the Market: What I learned from a Nobel Laureate
After two gate changes and a mad dash at the Atlanta airport, I ducked into the bookstore while I waited for the...
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How Much is Enough for You? A question to discuss with your financial planner
In the last 60 days, two Atlanta companies sold for more than $700 million. Founders, employees and investors who...
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