Monthly Archives: March 2021

In October 2014, I took my first plunge into automated stock investing, choosing Betterment out of a large and growing field of companies (affectionately referred to as Robo Advisers) that offer similar services. See Article: Why I Put My Last $100,000 into Betterment On this page, I’ll keep you up to date with quarterly results, andContinue reading “The Betterment Experiment – Results”

Remote working has become the norm in the last year, and many people have found they are quite fond of this way of life. After all, you have more time to spend with your family and friends, and your wallet is likely feeling fuller without all those expensive coffees! But what if you took workingContinue reading “Move your home office to the beach”

“A Nation Which Forgets Its Past Has No Future” Those were the words on a 20-foot-long banner that “Mr. Slick”, my high school history teacher, kept carefully pinned across the width of his classroom for the entire four years I had classes with him. “That makes no sense at all”, I thought to myself whenContinue reading “Beware of the Bubble”

Hi there. If we haven’t met, my name is Mr. Money Mustache. I’m the freaky financial magician who retired along with a lovely wife at age 30 in order to start a family, as well as start living a great life. We did this on two normal salaries with no lottery winnings or Silicon ValleyContinue reading “Getting Rich: from Zero to Hero in One Blog Post”

Published 27.03.2021 by Schmitt Trading Ltd As described in my blog post Why I picked WordPress.com, I first created websites with different business ideas and different languages with multiple WordPress accounts. After that, I tried to Create an Internet Archive with a self-hosted WordPress.org website on my own server: https://en.schmitt-trading.com. Finally, I reconsidered staying with WordPress.com andContinue reading “How to Create a Multilingual Website with WordPress”

We just received an email from Austrian manufacturer of Saltwater power storage technology Bluesky Energy: https://www.bluesky-energy.eu/en Participation in the company’s success – profit participation rights A year ago we offered the opportunity to participate in the company’s success through profit participation rights. The issuance of the green battery 2020 participation rights (round A) was aContinue reading “Breaking: Investment Opportunity”

The 4% Rule: The Easy Answer to “How Much Do I Need for Retirement?” In the world of early retirees, we have a concept that goes by names like “The 4% rule”, or “The 4% Safe Withdrawal Rate”, or simply “The SWR.” As with all things financial, it’s the subject of plenty of controversy, andContinue reading “How Much Do I Need for Retirement?”