I’ve been talking a lot lately about the importance of educating yourself about money before you start investing and saving for retirement. Money education shouldn’t follow investing so if you have any interest start today. The benefits of even a little money education will pay-off huge in the long run. I started learning about money [...]
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5 Mind Hacks to Make Yourself Learn to Invest
I want to learn how to play the piano, I want to learn more about different modes of wealth accumulation, I want to learn how to skateboard. We often want to learn a lot of things, but they are often never accomplished because we either forget about our desires or they fall under the weight [...]
Easing Into The Investment World
Perhaps you have friends who talk about how much money they have made investing. Maybe they have given you tips as to the next hot, money making investment, but you haven’t taken the plunge yet. If you’re ready to start making your money work for you, there are many different ways you could invest. Of [...]
An Introduction to Asset Allocation
This is a guest post from Jarrad – the editor of the Kyoto JET blog, Ganbatte Times. Jarrad got started with his finances about a year ago and agreed to share his thoughts about asset allocation for the FF readers. This post is a little advanced, but introduces some financial information that you’ll start thinking [...]
The FF Podcast Ep. 9: Beginning Investing with Adam from Magical Penny
On this week’s episode of The Foreigner’s Finances Podcast I talk with one of the few British personal finance bloggers, Adam from MagicalPenny.com. Adam’s been writing about money for about 6 months. During the podcast we talked about investing as a 20-somethings and the differences between money in the U.S. and the UK. You can [...]
The FF Podcast Ep. 8: Retirement Savings with PT from PT Money
On this week’s episode of The Foreigner’s Finances Podcast I talk with one of the few full-time personal finance bloggers, PT, from PTMoney.com. PT recently wrote a post for U.S. News and Yahoo! called the 5 Reasons Your Are Not Saving Enough for Retirement. During our conversation we talk about this article and how you can properly prepare [...]
The 401(k) Beginner’s Manual
401(k) seems like a scary grown-up word that only stuffy businesspeople who work 65 hours a week and read The Wall Street Journal care about. In reality, there’s a very good chance your eligible to enroll in a 401(k) through your company and they may even offer you free money for investing. Intrigued? You should be – [...]
Should You Buy Your Company’s Stock?
My friend was recently was hired for a new job and e-mailed me asking for some clarification about his company’s retirement plan and stock options. He copy and pasted this bit of his company’s retirement plan in to the e-mail: “(Company name) sponsors an Employee Stock Purchase Plan whereby all employees are eligible to purchase shares [...]
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Hi, my name's Austin Morgan. I teach English in Japan and write about money for twenty-somethings. Feel free to contact me with any questions and I hope you enjoy the site!
