Should you use a financial planner?

By Trajan King

In Financial independence

6 Min read

I recently sold my house and got some money, which caused me to pause and wonder, "should I get a financial planner?" I used to be a financial planner for several years.  Before that, I worked on Wall Street and before that I got an Honors Bachelors Degree in Finance and...

I recently sold my house and got some money, which caused me to pause and wonder, “should I get a financial planner?” I used to be a financial planner for several years.  Before that, I worked on Wall Street and before that I got an Honors Bachelors Degree in Finance and an MBA in Accounting.  I’ve read hundreds of books on investing.  So I know a little about the subject.  But...

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Resolutions are stupid. Do this instead…

By Trajan King

In Goals & Challenges, Habits & Efficiency

7 Min read

We're told that setting goals is one of the most important things we can do in life to achieve success.  Goals give us direction and enable our vision and dreams. As the saying goes, "a goal without a plan in just a wish." While that's true, setting goals is only the...

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Is it investing or is it tarot card reading?

By Trajan King

In Financial independence

7 Min read

When the subject of investing comes up for discussion in social circles it's usually the exciting stuff: day trading, crypto currencies, house flipping and technical analysis (reading charts). It's the stuff that's fun to talk about with friends. To trade stories about how you put money into Bitcoin and a...

When the subject of investing comes up for discussion in social circles it’s usually the exciting stuff: day trading, crypto currencies, house flipping and technical analysis (reading charts). It’s the stuff that’s fun to talk about with friends. To trade stories about how you put money into Bitcoin and a week later sold it for double.  Or how you found a stock that was about to...

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There’s only one Warren Buffett (and it ain’t you)

By Trajan King

In Financial independence

8 Min read

An excited friend sits down to tell me about this new stock trading platform founded by a Wall Street hot-shot. While working at a Wall Street investment firm this genius created an incredible algorithm that is able to picks stocks. It's so advanced it can predict when a stock will...

An excited friend sits down to tell me about this new stock trading platform founded by a Wall Street hot-shot. While working at a Wall Street investment firm this genius created an incredible algorithm that is able to picks stocks. It’s so advanced it can predict when a stock will go up and when it will go down. It was so successful that he left Wall Street and started his own company. Now...

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5 common purchases making you poor

By Trajan King

In Financial independence

7 Min read

A sieve is a utensil used for straining liquids from solids. You may use one to drain water from spaghetti noodles. The water just runs right out of the sieve.  It's terrible for holding liquids. This is where we get the saying that something is, "leaking like a sieve." For most...

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