Reading Time: 1 Minute A very quick and simple introduction to an asset class which has seen exponential growth in the last few years – Exchange Traded Funds, or ETFs for short. With a total global market cap in excess of $7 trillion – ETFs have definitely become a mainstream asset class. Watch the video here: Transcript: Today’s video is going to be a very quick and simple introduction to an asset class which has seen exponential growth in the last few years, and that is on exchange traded funds, or ETFs for short. With a total market global market cap in excess of $7 trillion – ETFs have definitely…
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How To Invest $10,000 In Australia (Youtube Video)
Reading Time: 1 Minute Today’s video is in response to some of you guys messaging me about where to invest a spare $10k here in Australia. Now I know many commentators would say to invest in shares or ETFs, but I thought I would show you 4 traditional ways to invest that money, as well as 3 bonus ways you might not have thought about. Transcript: Recently I’ve received a fair amount of messages about what I would invest in, if I had a spare $10k. So, I thought, why not do a video? I know that questions like these have been done to death on Youtube with most Youtubers…
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7 Thoughts on How to Approach FIRE (Part 2)
Welcome back guys! I’m a bit saddened this weekend. How come you ask? Well, MrsFrugalSamurai left yours truly yesterday. Nothing long-term (I hope), but she did travel to Europe on a work-trip. Poor her, all that culture and food and warm weather must be tough – hope she’ll be OK. But all good, she can have the warmth of the European sun, I’ve got the warmth of the legions of adoring fans. My friend Bugzy commented on the previous post on the “7 Thoughts to Approach FIRE” in his usual witty and happy-go-lucky manner (he’s a closet leprechaun). But you know, not all of us is blessed with the same green…
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Caution to All Passive Index Investors – Beware the High Winds!
Hai guyz! What’s happening? How was your weekend! Enjoy the winter chill much? Yesterday was pretty insane, waking up at six in the morning so I could be chasing little kids around the park (I’m a soccer referee). The wind chill and gusts felt like playing in a gale on the Arctic Tundra. In fact, it was so bad at one stage that the pegs holding the goals down snapped off and the goals flipped over themselves (they were the fancy mobile goals). Immediately after that, I made the decision to call the game off. You should have heard the reactions from the parents when it happened. “WTF TheFrugalSamurai, don’t…
