How Investment Trusts compare to ETFs
See how ETFs compare to Investment Trusts in Ireland.
How to earn 320€ or more a year from your credit cards
See how Meagan plans to earn 300€ from her credit cards this year.
How to create a budget without impacting happiness
This post goes into the psychology of money, the recipe for human happiness as well as ways you can use this knowledge to build a sustainable budget without impacting your happiness. You can also view this on YouTube. Happiness is relative Vicki Robin, author of the New York Times bestseller Your Money or Your Life, … Read more
9 Stages of wealth
This post outlines the concept of financial independence, the different stages of wealth, some basic investment principles and why you’d want to stop working for money. If you prefer to watch, you can also find this video on YouTube.
I’m on YouTube!
Meagan announces her new YouTube channel and includes the transcript to her first video for those that prefer reading to watching.
Favourite FI Resources
A listing of some of my favourite FI resources including a listing of other Irish blogs/podcasts. Books Your Money or Your Life – a transformational book to get you to look at money differently. Even after thousands of hours or reading about FIRE, I still learned something about finances from this book. It is inspirational … Read more
Why I’m paying off my mortgage before investing
See why Meagan has decided to pay off her mortgage before building a passive income investment portfolio despite it being less profitable mathematically.
The true cost of investing with a financial advisor
I’ve been getting increasing questions from both friends and clients about investing in a post-tax account with financial advisors in a particular fund. This must be getting heavily advertised somewhere or advisors are getting big commissions for selling this and I wanted to do some analysis on the true cost so people could make their … Read more
Reflections on life on one part time income
Going down to one part time income has not freed up as much time as we’d thought. Turns out , no matter how much free time you have, if you do not carve out time for your priorities, you will never have enough time for them.