Reading Time: 4 Minutes Hello everyone! A little something different for us all today. Recently I’ve started up a new interview series, whereby I’ll be profiling a number of high profile Aussie FIRE and personal finance bloggers. The thing with blogging is that it can get a bit lonely sometimes, what better way to cure this than to connect with other bloggers and showcase their talents too! Esther from The Happiness Investher First cab off the rank is Esther from The Happiness Investher. PLEASE check her out (not literally, the blog I mean). With the interview, it’s basically a questionnaire of… questions, whereby we really get into the nitty gritty…
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Coronavirus and its Effect on Human Psychology
Reading Time: 3 Minutes Well it’s bucketing rain at the moment in Old Sydney Town boys and girls. What better way to spend our time indoors than to catch up with your favourite personal finance and development blogger! OK, so I wanted to follow-up on my earlier post regarding the hot topic in Australia right now. Which of course, is the Coronavirus. I wanted to revisit this topic because I’m seeing some news headlines about an unprecedented surge in hand-sanitizer right now. Headlines such as: Coronavirus panic causes hand sanitiser to be marked up, sells out at supermarkets And: Coles sells out of hand sanitiser as coronavirus rush hits All…
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The Most Miserable Countries in the World
Reading Time: 2 Minutes If you’re having a crappy, can’t-wait-for-it-to-end week like yours truly, then this post is for you. You see, some people believe that happiness comes from within. But lemme tell ya, there’s a bit of science to it as well! And surprise, surprise, there’s been an economic study done to highlight how happiness can be measured against quantitative factors. These being: Inflation, Bank lending rates, Employment levels Growth in GDP. Courtesy of our good friends at Visual Capitalist, the 2019 Misery Index ranked 95 countries based on the above 4 economic variables: 2019 Misery Index To calculate each Misery Index score, a simple formula is used: GDP…
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How Serious is the Coronavirus?
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Everyone’s heard about it, we’re all in fear of it, but what exactly is the Coronavirus? What is it? Coronaviruses are a family of viruses in the same category as SARS and MERS. They originate from animals and are caused by animal-to-human contact. They are feared because of their ability to cause more severe diseases such as pneumonia, which can cause death. Here’s the comparison between each one: This latest Coronavirus has been labelled 2019-nCoV, and originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, most likely from a seafood market selling live animals for consumption. So far, it has caused over 300 deaths and cases have popped…
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January Net Wealth Update
Reading Time: 2 Minutes Hello everyone! Welcome back for another episode of The Frugal Samurai. So I was thinking that it’s been a long time since I’ve shared with you all regarding my net wealth. Indeed, the last time was this post back in Sept 2017 (you can read it here My numbers revealed…) Incidentally, it also received one of the highest views on this blog (everyone loves a peek behind the curtains). I can understand why, naturally as a personal finance blog, it makes sense to be as transparent as possible with you guys, so apologies for not doing it earlier. Going forward, I’ll aim to make this a…
