Reading Time: 1 Minute Hey all, this post is a video version of my most recent post (read here). From a lot of the feedback I’ve received from the earlier post, I thought – it’s gotta be deserving of a video! Hope you guys enjoy: Transcript: OK so did you buy anything from the Black Friday Sales? What about Cyber Monday? If yes, chances are you’ve fallen for one of those tricky marketing tactics retailers use to make us part with our hard earned. I felt compelled to do this video, because I think it’s super important we are all aware of the most common tactics used against us, as…
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TRICKS SELLERS USE TO MAKE YOU BUY MORE
Reading Time: 2 Minutes “Hey we have to buy this…” “But what?” “This”. I looked around… sigh, yet ANOTHER item we must have. Turns out this time, it’s a DeLonghi air purifier, heater and cooling fan. Ooo La La. Yep, welcome to the one weekend where MrsFrugalSamurai turns into a possessed wheeler and dealer – hustling and bustling in the online Bazaar. I am referring of course, to the Black Friday Sales, which leads into Cyber Monday. As much as I love having my CO2 purified, I can’t help but feel my gullible yet still sexually attractive wife has been suckered by yet another tactical play from the retail powers-to-be.…
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Is it Dangerous To Be In Equities (Now)?
Reading Time: 3 Minutes Today’s post is an expansion to a brilliant question from one of the social media groups that I subscribe to. Is it Dangerous To Be In Equities? To paraphrase, the original poster queries the majority of people in the FIRE community who have an asset allocation consisting of 100% in equities, a majority of which sits in index funds (ETFs). It seems like the narrative is “Buy equities, passively, at any price, indefinitely, and hold virtually no other assets, it’s all good coz you can’t beat the market, oh and lowest fees possible”. Occasionally with “use margin or other leverage to speed it up”. With equity…
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Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To ETFs (Youtube Video)
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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The Frugal Samurai Interview Series – Ms FieryIce From Two To Fire
Reading Time: 3 Minutes What’s up everyone! The rain’s are gone and Summer is almost here – WOOHOO! Another guest interview today, highlighting the who’s who of Aussie FIRE Bloggers. This week we have Ms FieryIce and Mr Fireball from Two To FIRE. These two shows us that well, sometimes it does take two to FIRE! Haha. If you want to read more about other FIRE bloggers, you can do so here. Ms FieryIce from Two To FIRE Let’s get started! Hey Ms FieryIce! How old are you and Mr Fireball? We are in our mid thirties and have been married for 8+ years now. It’s funny how when anytime we…
