Roth TSP vs Roth IRA vs Traditional TSP vs Traditional IRA
If you want to be financially independent someday, you have to save and invest. Saving 50% of your pay is an excellent place to start and a great starter goal. …
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Financial Independence Asset Allocation – My 2014 Portfolio
2014 marks the first year I’m on pace to max out my Roth TSP and Roth IRAs. For the Thrift Savings Plan, I setup automatic deposits on myPay at $1458 per month, which …
How to Get Cash and Make Money on Your TDY
So far this year I have spent 3 weeks out of the past 4 months at my home station. The rest of the time I’ve been TDY or deployed to …
Traveling Europe with T-Mobile’s Unlimited Roaming Internet
A couple of work related trips brought me to Europe for a few weeks. When I wasn’t working, I rented a car and hit the autobahn, travelling around Germany, Belgium, …
After Three Years of Lending Club, I’ve Had Enough, Thanks
I am calling it quits. The party is over. After 36 months of investing in Lending Club, I can’t see any reason right now why I should deposit and invest …
20% Annual Return Chase Checking Account
Over the summer, Chase Bank sent me an offer in the mail to open a checking account with them. The sweetener? $150 cash bonus, just for opening the account. Any …
Testing T-Mobile’s Global Unlimited Data Plan in Germany
At the beginning of this month I had the chance to do a live, on the ground test of T-Mobile’s Simple Choice Plan just outside of Frankfurt, Germany. I travel …
Military Life Insurance
Life insurance can be one of those things that you don’t want to think about. Contemplating what happens if you were to “buy the farm” isn’t the most fun imaginative …
How to Make Money with Lending Club
This is the final chapter of my free report on “How to Make Money with Lending Club.” I’ve been publishing the report as blog posts, so you can access them …
Thanks Congress! Government Shutdown Equals No Military Pay
Here we go again – for the 2nd time in my short military career, the prospect of the government shutting down is looming on the horizon. What does that mean …