The road to riches is one that is well trodden, but also one that is different for everyone. No one road gets you to the prize, but there are several well followed rules or principles that anyone can follow. Here…
The basic rules to follow to financial independence and early retirement
I don’t know why – maybe it is changing jobs recently or maybe it is the fact of getting older that this subject of financial independence and / or early retirement (from the corporate world) has been something I’ve really…
Stretching your way to Wealth
When you’re sitting in front of a computer for most of the day, interspersed with meetings with your direct reports, maybe a stop-by from your boss, multiple telephone conference calls, a quick lunch outside or in the canteen or at…
Financial Independence … how to get ahead of it?
I think I’m probably spitting out more articles this past month than I have in the last year. Why this sudden blogging interest? Especially curious since my readership is only about 500 views a month (on a great month).…
FIRE: Elite vs reasonable budget – how much is too much when you want to retire early?
So as I’ve been pondering the early retirement theory FIRE (Financial Independence Early Retirement): save like an obsessed person every month, put a big balance (enough of a balance) away into investments and then retire from a 9 to 5…
Portfolio diversification – is it worth it?
This is a question that I often get asked. Being a CFO people just expect me to know about things like the stock market and investing. That turns out to be true as I mastered in finance at University and…
Alternative investments : The furnished rental property
Are leveraged investments a good or a bad thing ? I think a bad investment is anything you don’t fully understand and anything you don’t have control of. When I say control of, I don’t mean direct control as one…
Contemplating tax investments
Sometimes when you’re in my role or have my kind of background, you often find yourself conselling your banker as to what is the best way to structure an investment and you keep losing him. That is not really why…
