Hi, I'm Jim Wang and I share my strategies and tactics for managing your money and enjoying more out of life.
I have been writing about money for nearly 20 years and believe that personal finance is one of those subjects that is made complicated because it benefits a select few. Our aim is to help make it easier to understand so that regular folks can use what we teach to take control of their money and build wealth.
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Hi, I'm Jim Wang and I share my strategies and tactics for managing your money and enjoying more out of life.
I have been writing about money for nearly 20 years and believe that personal finance is one of those subjects that is made complicated because it benefits a select few. Our aim is to help make it easier to understand so that regular folks can use what we teach to take control of their money and build wealth.
Hello Reader, What's the worst financial advice you've ever received? The worst financial advice I got was when a real estate agent tried to convince me to increase my house budget by 20% โjust to see what I thought about those types of houses.โ I thought I could afford a $275,000 house and he took me to houses that were listed at $300,000+ because โI needed to know what a little bit more could get me.โ This was during the housing boom in the mid-2000s. He said that because I had a good job...
Hello Reader, Do you know about the TACO trade strategy? It stands for Trump Always Chickens Out and it was created by a Financial Times journalist. The name is a joke but the idea has seeds of truth to it. Here's the strategy in a nutshell - ignore Trump on tariffs because he's going to back down. It really only matters if you're an options trader, because options contracts can expire before the tariffs get reversed or reduced, but regular investors can just wait things out... which is good...
Hello Reader, Has summer unofficially started for you yet? If you have kids, especially in the southern half of the U.S., chances are you have. I'm both jealous of the early start to summer but also happy we don't start out schools in mid-August! Do you have any fun plans for the summer? (View this email as a webpage) ๐ข Earning points & miles without a credit card Earning miles and points to get inexpensive travel is great but most of it relies on getting a welcome bonus from a credit card....