Analyzing Wealth

So I decided to take a look at my asset allocation this morning to see what a few months' changes have done to it. I went to Vanguard an...

Overall, the market was pretty flat this month. In late July I got hammered, and in August, despite the volatility, things were better. My m...

At some point there was going to be a crossover, where it made my emergency fund balance better if I took money out of it to pay my car off...

I have two voices in my head that are fighting each other a bit right now, as they have been for months. With a downturn possible (and now h...

I'm a nonreligious person. Not that this matters much in the context of personal finance, but it does reveal a little about my personali...

One word for the market this month: UGLY. The US total market, as measured by Vanguard's Total Market ETF (VTI), dropped 4.6% in July. I...

I'm making a Roth IRA purchase today, and I'm not ashamed to admit that it's because the market took a dive today. I am not a be...