I usually receive one reader question a day through my contact page. I try to respond to all of them. Here’s one of them, lightly edited for clarity, from David: I am a 27 year old single <6 year staff
Accessing Retirement Accounts Before Age 60
My 2018 Asset Allocation
It’s been 2 years since I last posted about my asset allocation. I also wrote about my portfolio in 2014. Let’s take a look again at how my dollars, my tiny green employees, are working for me. My investment principles
Roth IRA Conversion for Deployed Military
After announcing that I would be deployed in 2017 for 6 months, my orders changed. I am not currently deployed to a war zone. Instead I PCS’d to an exciting OCONUS assignment. This assignment comes with tax free, Combat Zone
Simple, Low Cost, Automatic, and Diversified: My Personal Investing Principles
Simple, low cost, automatic, and diversified: that’s how I invest. There are so many options today when it comes to investing. Just to name a few: savings accounts, money market funds, stocks, bonds, rental property, gold, CDs, TIPS, ETFs, and
Reader Question: Roth IRA Investments, USAA vs. Vanguard
I get at least 1 email a day from my readers. I try to respond to everyone eventually with a personal email from me. I cannot afford a personal assistant so do not think you are getting a canned response. I
How I Apply John C. Bogle’s Advice
John C. Bogle (pictured), the founder and long time chairman of The Vanguard Group, wrote The Little Book of Common Sense Investing in 2007, just prior to the insanity of the 2007-2009 recession, market collapse, Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, and so on. His advice
2016 Investment Performance: +10% Net Worth: +16%
What a roller coaster of a year! Between a rough start in January when the S&P 500 was down 5% (the worst month since 2009), Brexit, the Trump election night crash and then end of year “Trump bump,” I don’t think
The Intelligent Military Investor
Written by an active duty US Air Force officer, The Intelligent Military Investor (available on Amazon Kindle) is a high-impact, to-the-point manual that targets the financial issues facing cadets, midshipman, commissioned officers, enlisted personnel and all branches of the military. Military
$10,000 and 1 Year With Betterment: Performance and Cost
After 1 year and $10,000 invested in Betterment, I am a happy customer and recommend it to family, friends, and blog readers. My initial review is here and my review at $3000 invested is here. I track my Betterment account,
6 Month Deployment Savings Challenge: $54,000
After over two years of no deployments, I have a six month deployment to the Middle East coming up in 2017. Deployments are excellent opportunities to lower your expenses, increase your income, and stuff your tax advantaged retirement accounts (TSP and IRAs) full