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Yakezie Weekly Round-up: Round Two!

Although it's technically Saturday here, that's close enough to my Friday Night Fights (where blogs battle for my attention). Check out the hand-selected articles below. If they were worth my time reading, they're at least worth a click. Some separate site news. Sort of quiet this week, I've been working behind the scenes. Wrote an interesting guest post for Sweating The Big Stuff, which will appear Monday, and have been drafting questions for a VERY exciting interview with a writer a...

Selfish Promotion: FiLife Article

With all this “selfless promotion” through the Yakezie Challenge, haven't had the time to promote much of my own works! A while back my first contribution to FiLife was posted, entitled: “Ignore Social Norms and Save More”. Of course, I can't delve too much from the challenge of promoting others. PF Ninja wrote a very similar topic and provided some GREAT graphics in his post, “Lifestyle Inflation: Why your savings is not growing as fast as your income”.

First In, Last Out: Yakezie Weekly Round-up

The newer members are putting me to shame! Here they are, promoting Yakezie left and right. Engineer Your Finances has been mentioned in a few round-ups, and figured it was finally time to return the favor. Here's a few interesting articles for your weekend pleasure: Ready for spring cleaning? Not Made Of Money is and explains how to “dust off” your finances. Talk about investing evolution, check out Darwin's 130/30 fund. If you aren't a regular, there are archives of great investin...

3-Month Performance Review

I've kept away from delving too much personal information, and have tried to keep the blog topics objective and informative. Sure, plenty of people find me interesting, but my goal here is to educate, not toot my own horn. But today is a special day... This morning, I ran an 8k race in just over 36 minutes, around 7:15/mile – placing in the top 20% of my age division and top 15% of all men. Needless to say, I'm pretty pumped. Within the past year, my life has been jam-packed. I moved to ...

FinEngr Joins The Million Dollar Club

I've been delaying my promise to J. Money for some time. We had the pleasure of meeting at the local PF Happy Hour, and I told him then that I would be a member in no time. With my recent guest post at Eliminate the Muda on this very topic, now seemed like the perfect time to state my intentions. So, without further ado.... In order for me, FinEngr, to become a millionaire, I pledge to do the following: Capitalize on available tax-advantaged vehicles (401k, IRAs, Bonds) Minim...

The Best Defense is a Calculated Defense

Not quite how the saying goes – “Best defense is a good offense” – why does one strategy have to replace the other?  As argued in Maximizing Value and Earn More, Spend Less – you need both components to be most effective. Keeping with the analogy, think of the top team in your favorite sport.  What do they have that sets them apart from the rest?  Most likely, it's strong offensive AND defensive players. Bad news is you're your own team. Good news is you can play both roles. Muc...