I am a car lover through and through. The engineering, the design, the speed. All of it. However, I don’t own a sports car, and “fast” would not be how I describe my trips around town. Why? Because I have a true disdain for depreciating assets. I can’t stand knowing that something I own loses […]
My CFA Level 2 Experience
It was a beautiful day in June, but instead of enjoying the outdoors, I was headed to a convention center to take Level 2. Things were a bit different from my Level 1 experience. I bought a lunch this time, so I didn’t make the same mistake as before but still brought a lot of […]
The one question you need to reduce clutter
Making purposeful purchases and avoiding impulse buys are important components of budgeting and attaining financial independence. No matter how hard my wife and I try to avoid purchasing unnecessary items, over time, these things accumulate, and we have to reevaluate what we own. Thankfully, the frequency of these cleanouts has continually decreased the more we […]
Monkeys can teach us the dangers of social media comparisons
More depressed after looking at Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram? Feel like everyone else is winning out there? You are not alone. I cut the Facebook cord a few years ago and never looked back. We cut cable in the house last Fall and immediately felt happier without watching the news. I didn’t realize that this […]
Top 5 Books for Finance Students
As a professor, I give book recommendations to students every semester. I decided to condense the list to the top 5 books for finance majors. The reality is that finance students are money dorks and I can recommend books that others wouldn’t find as interesting. So here is the list with more details below. Top 5 […]
How I got my Ph.D. for free
Every so often I have a truly gifted student in my class that comes to me to discuss getting their Ph.D. They are hesitant because of the lack of knowledge surrounding what a doctoral program is like, how long it takes, and what it costs. Graduate school has this scary connotation. It must be expensive […]