Financial Update

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches The Finance Buff on the safety/risks of money market funds in a brokerage account (link). His money market fund guide was great too (link). I found BigERN’s post on SVB to be worth reading (link). BigERN also wrote an interesting “Basics of FIRE” post (link). … Read more

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Mrs FP and I (+ the two oldest kids) are officially obsessed with Neflix’s Drive to Survive series (link). Prior to this show, we couldn’t have cared less about car racing. But this show is so well produced that it is impossible to not be … Read more

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches I really enjoyed this post from Jonathan at MyMoneyBlog (link). The story he linked to at the end of the post was incredible (link). I really enjoyed the most recent videos from Beau Miles (link). The snow kayaking one was pure joy.   Life I … Read more

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches My father recommended the series Formula 1: Drive to Survive (link). I had always thought that car racing was boring, but this series is pretty captivating. Life The month flew by. I’m unsure where it went. Most of the fam jumping after our Christmas card … Read more

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches GoCurryCracker on Tax Loss Harvesting (link). I wrote a TLH article a few years back (link). Here are my takeaways from the GCC article: Due to wonky phase ins/outs of various credits (e.g. ACA subsidies), one’s marginal tax rate can be quite high. Therefore, the … Read more

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches WSJ on the versatility of the HSA (link). Not much new here, but it was the first time I’d heard of this trick: Children of parents with HSAs can qualify for their own HSA. This is a mind-blower: Under current law, children such as recent … Read more