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Farewell Stumbleupon. Hello, Mix.com Bad news for websites all around the world: Stumbleupon is closing doors. It will shut down on June 30. Active accounts will move over to Mix, a curation website from StumbleUpon creator, Garrett Camp. SU was an excellent website that did what it was meant to do: discovery engine, for the best…
The volume of US student loans has hit fresh highs at $1.4tn. $1,400,000,000,000 That number caught my attention: how is it possible to get to this point? Is it the government’s fault for setting the wrong incentives? or people just aren’t keen on other cheaper options such as public universities or online courses? Why? All…
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 How Not to Negotiate a $6.1 Billion Deal (Bloomberg BusinessWeek) The Xerox-Fujifilm formula: 1. Tell CEO he’s fired. 2. Have him arrange sale of company. 3. Hope Carl Icahn…
Who is Jack Bogle? It’s the man that, over 40 years ago, started the Vanguard Group. It’s also the inventor of the index fund, something that changed forever the investing landscape in the US and in the World. Bogle was born in the US (Montclair, New Jersey) on May 8, 1929. Investing History 1950: Graduated…
Mortgage rates in the past week just hit the highest level since 2011. If you look at the average 30-year-fixed-rate, you’ll see that it rosed to 4.61% from 4.55%. What is a Mortgage Rate? It’s the rate of interest charged by a mortgage lender. If you’re a home buyer and you’re looking to finance a…
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 His Parents Loaned Him $30,000 to Start a Company. Now It’s Valued at $1.7 Billion. (Entrepreneur) The definitive collection – Buffett in his own words (CNBC) – The Warren Buffett…
One of the most difficult things in life is to know the answer to this question: How to win at life? What exactly is winning? How do you measure success? Is it having a family? Good health? Landing your dream job? Be financial independent? Early Retirement? People “feel” success in different ways, and have different objectives…
The Most Powerful Force of the Universe One of the most cited quotes ever is the one attributed to Albert Einstein, that “compound interest is the most powerful force of the universe”. Although there’s no evidence that Albert Einstein actually said this, the idea behind this sentence is that if you use compound interest in your…
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 day. Personal Growth The formula for winning at life is actually incredibly simple (Quartz) Feeling Burned Out? Here Are 3 Things That Can Help (NY Times) Investing 96-Year-Old Secretary Quietly Amasses…
Welcome to Grow to Retire’s Best FIRE and Finance Blog Posts. Tips, advice, recommendations and much more from the best bloggers in the world. FIRE Cost of living: Why you should choose a cheap place to live (Get Rich Slowly) “My dividend growth stock portfolio is essentially worth $10,000 for every year I’ve been alive.…
The Berkshire Hathaway meeting is always a moment where you can learn some excellent and eternal lessons (together with some funny remarks as always). This year 2018 meeting wasn’t different. Warren Buffet with Charlie Munger respond to a lot of questions and left 48 answers (ideas) on several topics. Read all of them here. Learning…
For those of you that read this blog on a frequent basis, you already have figured it out that I’m a strong supporter of a passive investment strategy and exchange-traded funds. Read this. I often write about one type of portfolio: 60% stocks + 40% bonds, and rebalance for the rest of your life. Of course,…