Adjustable-Rate Mortgages As A Percentage Of Total Loans: So Low!
Since 2009, I have encouraged Financial Samurai readers to take out an adjustable-rate mortgage instead of a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. The rationale was that we...
Gaming The System For More Wealth Is Becoming More Acceptable
When you’re young and naive, you tend to want to do things the right way. You’re taught by adults that cheating and lying are wrong....
ESG’s Russia Test: Trial by Fire or Crash and Burn?
My views on ESG are not a secret. I believe that ESG is, at its core, a feel-good scam that is enriching consultants, measurement services...
Once You Have F You Money, It’s Hard To Tell Others To F Off!
F you money. FU money. F*ck you money. It’s all the same. F You Money is having enough money to tell others to F Off...
Fighting My Property Taxes And Losing: Key Lessons For Battle
Seeing your property’s value go up feels good, especially if it goes up more than what you made from your day job. However, the biggest...
Making More From Your House Than From Your Salary Makes Life Easier
One of the great benefits of being an investor is that you can sometimes make more from your investments than from your day job. After...
How Bad Real Estate Agents Can Cost Sellers A Lot Of Money
As a buyer, you love bad real estate agents because you can take advantage of them to get better pricing. As a seller, you obviously...
Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!
As the world's attention is focused on the war in the Ukraine, it is the human toll, in death and injury, that should get our...
Stock Market Performance During Previous Fed-Rate-Hike Cycles
On March 16, 2022, the Federal Reserve approved its first rate hike since December 2018. The Federal Reserve was more aggressive than expected, indicating it...