The Outlier Model

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Retirement in 2013 – Is it what you’re expecting?

Retirement, retirement goals, nest egg, 401(k)

Guest / August 28th, 2013 / 2 Comments

This is a Guest Post. If you’re interested in guest posting, check out our policy! Going forward from 2013, the American work-force is slowly, but surely, coming around to looking at retirement in a completely different light than it was viewed in 20-30 years ago. Once upon a time, your retirement years were mirage-like – white-sand beaches, horseback riding in the country side, and/or leisurely...

Posted in: Guest Post Tagged with: retirement, retirement contribution, retirement plans, US retirement accounts, withdrawing retirement funds

Remembering to take care of yourself

CF / August 26th, 2013 / 33 Comments

Lately, I have been feeling a bit more run down, a bit more irritable, and a lot more tired. Work has been crazy busy, with most people working 10 hour days and sometimes weekends. Once, a few of the guys had to babysit the software through till 4am in the morning! Yikes. Photo credit: Bruce Clay Inc. via Flickr During times like this, it’s easy to let your health slip. I’ve felt...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: eating healthy, eating healthy tips, exercise routine, home exercise, taking care of yourself

Updates: August 18 – 24

Nasdaq, financial gain, income, effort, financial links, personal finance reads, personal finance blogs, financial articles,

Brian / August 24th, 2013 / 6 Comments

Earlier this week, I shared my epiphany over dollar value averaging – well, I’ve been continuing to read the book and have started doing some actual stock research. One of the suggestions I’ve been trying to follow is to look at the industry you work in. This works well for me because I work with a lot of senior executives at a number of small, publicly traded companies in a growing...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: best buy, cooking meals at home, nasdaq, passion, personal finance journey, shareholder yield, stocks, time vs. money

Dollar Value Averaging – Where have you been all my life?

Dollar Value Averaging, stock market, investment portfolio

Brian / August 21st, 2013 / 13 Comments

Last weekend, I was out playing some racquetball with Freedom Thirty Five Blog and Modest Money. Jeremy has been raving about Jason Kelly’s book, The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing, for a few months now (check out his review). He brought me a copy to read, and in record pace (for me, at least) I’ve managed to read almost the entire book in a single week. It helped that I...

Posted in: Money Tagged with: dollar cost averaging, dollar value averaging, ETF's, how to use value averaging, investing, iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, Jason Kelly, The Neatest LIttle Guide to Stock Market Investing, US Total Market CAD ETF, Vanguard ETFs, what etf to use with value averaging