Learn. Grow. Retire. (Earlier)
The years pass and I see – sometimes more than once – ideas come to live, when historically they have been tried, and then failed miserably. Recently I’ve come across this article, where it’s said that Democrats (US) introduced legislation in the House and Senate to tax financial transactions. US Version of Tobin Tax Under…
Because life isn’t all about personal finance, investments and FIRE community, here you have some facts worth reading. These were all found on the internet, and have thousands of shares and/or views. If you enjoy reading this, share it so others can read it too. Have fun! Paying All Debt President Andrew Jackson successfully paid…
According to an ING global survey, people are worried that won’t have enough money in the retirement phase. Europe, the US, and Australia had an approximately 60% share that ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’ with the sentence: “I worry about whether I will have enough money in retirement.” Also, the majority of the respondents believe that…
And here we have a new Berskhire Hathaway 2019 report, but first let’s start out with the returns for the last 10 years: (02/2019)Berkshire Hathaway: +229% IWM: +215%SPY: +201% VT: +102%GLD: +30%EEM: +29%BND: +3% Warren Buffet, one of the world’s most famous investor had one of his worst years ever in 2018. Buffett’s Kraft Heinz…
Economic bubbles are one of the most difficult events to spot of all. Thus very difficult to avoid, let alone do something about it. So why study them at all? History rarely repeats itself (at least not in the exact same way, with the exact same financial assets). On the other hand, we can extract…
First of all, I want to wish all my readers a happy 2019. May all your dreams come true. This post is meant to be an outlook for the new year. Other outlooks that I’ve done can be consulted here. As on other occasions, I will focus on Stocks, Bonds, Oil, Gold, and Real Estate.…
I can’t believe 2018 is already over. It was a great year, and with so many things happening in my life, unfortunately the blog had to be paused for almost 6 months. It’s sad for me but at the same time, when important things arise, we have to make choices. That’s life. Anyway the blog…
The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States of America. The Fed hiked its benchmark short-term interest rate a quarter, from 1.75% to 2%. Why is This Important? Additionally to this increase, the FED raised its forecasts for both economic growth…
Retirement A Generation of Americans Is Entering Old Age the Least Prepared in Decades (WSJ) Low incomes, paltry savings, high debt burdens, failed insurance—the U.S. is upending decades of progress in securing life’s final chapter Investing What ‘Long-Term Investor’ Really Means (Institutional Investor) It’s not just following the index, writes Campbell Macpherson, CEO of Change…
Hi readers, welcome back. It has been a busy and long week/end of the month. Thus it’s getting harder to write on a frequent a consistent basis. Today I have a new post that is basically an update, of my previous post with the 1Q2018 investment outlook for Stocks, Bonds, Oil, Gold and Real Estate.…
GrowtoRetire.com Weekend Reads Here are the best collection of articles and news just for you. Grab a cup of cappuccino and have a nice weekend. Investing What’s the Yield Curve? ‘A Powerful Signal of Recessions’ Has Wall Street’s Attention (NY Times) “Economists and investors are watching the shrinking gap between interest rates on 2-year and…
A Brief History of Gold Of all the precious metals, this one is the most popular. And it has been for ages. Gold’s history began in 3000 B.C. when the ancient Egyptians started producing jewellery. The Egyptians also produced gold maps – some of which survive to this day. These maps described where to find mines and…