Thank you, our entire lives. , Your comment would be a brilliant Amazon review, if you were so inclined . Hi Mr. Collins. This may be too specific a question among the myriad that must reach you, but if you have an assessment of this new offer by Vanguard, Im sure your German readers would appreciate it! Collins isn't a Goodreads Author ( yet ), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed. They very much match your own. Collins: Well, first of all, I agree with you, it is simpler. Anyways, enjoying the pain of my 2nd Spit, only minor issues to date, after a couple of thousand miles. My advice is to focus on making the most out of your time and create quality relationships with people in both your personal life and career. Id only add that, for those whose employment provides for a short career, preparing for that carriers end is essential. Republic Wireless and my $19 per month phone plan. I am just now starting to make payments on my student loans ($45.5K to go!) Thats high praise indeed! Money means very little in its own right, it just gives choices in life. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2014/12/07/whistleblower-alleges-vanguard-cheated-on-taxes-costing-taxpayers-more-than-1-billion/, Heres my take: https://jlcollinsnh.com/ask-jlcollinsnh/#comment-4213814. Benz: You do counsel people to de-risk their portfolios as they get closer to retirement or whatever kind of goal that they're working toward. I also have no debt. PROSPECTIVE SURVIVOR PER YEAR $ 28,021.44. Jim though Im really just starting on the path to FI, your work has been supremely empowering and gives me hope there IS a path thank you! I am not sure, if I make some mistake in this line of thought. And then, there's Quit Like A Millionaire, Kristy Shen's book, a great inspirational book. What types of bonds? However, it took years for the research to confirm this, and for it to be accepted and believed. What youre missing is this post: https://jlcollinsnh.com/2013/05/02/stocks-part-xvii-what-if-you-cant-buy-vtsax-or-even-vanguard/ . I will offer two seemingly contradictory suggestions and some comments. I have a pre-tax portfolio (1/3 wealth) and and after tax portfolio (2/3 of wealth). I am not seeing the amount of shares that I own growing. You can read my thoughts for yourself and then decide. On rent vs buy, I would divide up life into three phases: If you are single or just married/no kids, rent. You may have said this in the book, but I may have misunderstood it, my apology. This has confused me. Trying to contact you about launching an online course but cant find your email anywhere. advice I wish I had gotten long ago. Have a wonderful nice and safe Trip!!!! I have tried to find answers through posting on message boards and reading others threads, While you will be hit with a tax on any capital gains, you are correct that you are also stepping up your cost basis with the new investments. 1) Could a Dow Jones index, as opposed to S&P 500, be used to avoid investing in tobacco and alcohol companies? But it was still working. When you say, you can get maybe an extra 1% long term for me the operative word is maybe. https://jlcollinsnh.com/2014/01/27/stocks-part-xxi-investing-with-vanguard-for-europeans/ it, I would not feel that financial freedom was within reach for us. But do you think that with today's rapidly accelerating home prices that new buyers are apt to be especially unlucky with their timing? I managed to choke out a wry laugh when he said Americans arent good at doing what theyre told. JL, Keep up the great work! Thank you for your incredible book and blog. And then compared Vtsax chart to the S&P 500 the charts would look totally different. So there we have it the whole world knows I have DEBT and they know my life story if they've made it through this late night rant. We provide a platform for our authors to report on investments fairly, accurately, and from the investors point of view. A great example of just what you're talking about. A suggestion, though: date your posts so its clear when they were written and thus their relevance to current market conditions, for example. If so, please kindly let me know if we could receive PDF or reading copy by email for the publishers review and we will get back to you with their feedback. I am writing to inquire whether the Chinese complex copyright for THE SIMPLE PATH TO WEALTH(1st edition) still available? At the end of the journey, the promise of freedom is both invigorating and terrifying. I want to save well, support a company with integrity, and then leave it alone until retirement. As for the US market, it was already well established by the time indexing arrived in 1975. 3. A left-over 401k has access to a BlackRock index fund that that seeks to match the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index with an expense ratio of only 0.0146%. New Years goal is to cook in the van even more and eat out less! From my understanding, these index funds are socially-conscious versions of VTSAX and VTIAX, so they exclude the stocks of companies that produce: Adult entertainment, alcohol and tobacco products, weapons, fossil fuels energy, gambling activities, and nuclear power. If the Japanese rights are still available, could you please send us a pdf for their review? Back then, the FI lifestyle was called being a pollack. Thank you so much for consolidating and organizing your blog posts into a great book! I would definitely be interested to hear his perspective a year into the crisis. Lo can't save you. Great to hear this blog lead you to MF and MMM, two of my personal favorites. You usually reference Vanguards and just call it a day, and then maybe eventually add bond funds for ballast. The simplicity of VTSAX is extremely appealing to me, but is not an option on the TSE. Our daughter was born in 1992. LOL, [I had intended to just email you this, but I couldnt find your email address.]. It almost seems too simple . Since I planning to invest for the long term Im afraid that the dollar will be deflated against the shekel in the future. I am currently working as a software engineer, but I am always fascinated by investing research stuff. And my own parents were a good example of that. Do you think Passiv would be a good fit for your audience? I am trying to figure out the best way to pay this off. ..for your very kind words. i would be curious if you had any thoughts on the emotional component of money; there is often alot of guilt, shame, and fear that gets handed down to us within our family in connection to money and it causes much distortion and pain. Case Study #2: Joe -- off to a fast start! I think I have grasped the important parts, as I am still a beginner on this topic, which were to: But for those people who enjoy real estate, and it's the kind of work they like, it's great. We appreciate your book and thank you. Pricing and sales are out of my hands and set by Amazon. If you bought a house 20 years ago in Detroit, you'd probably have a very different story. I really wanted to share this with my friends and family, but to get full impact I want them to have, it has to be in Hebrew. Hi Can I also have a contact with your agent? Throwing a bunch of money into an index fund and ignoring it for years is a risky and emotionally challenging thing to try. Or even Vanguard? Time Machine and the future returns for stocks, Kibanda: Mr. Anti-house buys his dream house. 4. In fact, if you are willing, Id love to see you add your comment above to that post and the discussion there. I have dialogue between Erik and Moe, but Im a bit terrified of posting it public. If your time ever allows, Id love to have a cup of coffee over a video call to thank you, and ask a few questions to help me over the final hurdle as I summon the courage to step away from a career that pays well, but leaves me numb inside. And you say, I don't want to take the risk of putting this $120,000 in all at once because tomorrow might be the day the market crashes 40%. Waiting and hoping my asset allocation and withdrawal strategy are strong enough to withstand the worst of the storms ahead. JL Collins, author of the famous stock series that later became one of the best personal finance books ever written The Simple Path To Wealth. Would it be profitable to invest in a (non Vanguard) ethical ETF which tracks the American market, whilst living in the UK? Exciting! Collins: Oh, they're too numerous to name individually. Travels in South America: It was the best of times. Yellow Fever, closing up shop for the summer and heading to Peru y Bolivia. It is in the Not Pure Enough part of this one: https://jlcollinsnh.com/2017/08/21/stocks-part-xxxi-too-hot-too-cold-not-pure-enough/. You address the notion of sticking with it through the bad times a lot. As I say, that's not out yet. THANK YOU Mr. Bogle for creating the tool and thank you Jim for teaching us how to used it. Id be honored to participate. Wish I would have read your book years ago. Youll never find a wiser advisor with a bigger heart. Thank you in advance for your time and for writing this book. I came across this one VBIAX. There are not many people who take pleasure reading finance journal articles, but from your stock series writing I imagine you are part of the minority who do. , The truth is the vast majority of people who comment here are very civil, so it is easy for me to be civil in return. I couldnt put it down and finished it in 2 days. haha. I have a question on the actual return. Very inspiring to learn more about you. Do I have to need a CFA or get qualified? Did you buy the place in Ecuador? Most of these are industries I dont feel comfortable supporting, even though I have been by owning so much VTSAX. First, Id go here: I am 61 and have been investing since my late 20s. 09366, Dear Sir, Any thoughts would be immensely appreciated. Ptak: I wanted to shift and ask you about retirement income. And with very rare exception, renting is far more powerful than homeownership and your lower monthly costs in that apartment over owning that house with all the expenses that come with it, invested in index funds over time will probably make you much wealthier. Now that I am living on my portfolio, I have the dividends sent to me. Wilkie Collins: The Haunted Hotel The Woman in White Richard Marsh: The Beetle Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles The Silver I promise not to spam you, and I respect your answer whatever you decide. December 24. I would like to thank you for all the effort and knowledge you put into your book, specially the audio version! Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and insight? Just be patient. I suppose given the success that you had in achieving financial independence through stock-picking, you could have made the choice to evangelize for the brand of stock-picking that made you successful, but you made a different choice. Id try to figure out how to live on just my partners income, go to school part-time and keep working, or keep working until I had the money saved. About J L Collins These days, I'm a book author and financial blogger on jlcollinsnh.com, but it wasn't always so. So, it's less of a slam dunk from that point of view. Hope to meet you and the crew at a future event. But for anybody who has ever had a job where you're managing people, you know that managing people is not passive. Hey Jim! Is this Jim and Fritz, the comedy team I met in Taos, NM? Life just gets better if you know where youre going and appreciate the journey. https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/the-hedge-fund-manager-from-the-big-short-who-predicted-mortgage-crisis-now-says-index-funds-are-next-market-bubble-it-will-be-ugly.html, http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2019/09/12/michael-burry-index-funds/#comment-2701784, https://jlcollinsnh.com/2019/08/17/a-guided-meditation-for-when-the-stock-market-is-dropping/. or what would you recommend the percentages based on our ages. The Boglehead book is very USA centric but some amazingly simple threads that come out of it that are like universal laws of nature, like gravity, applies to us all wherever we live. Case Study #3: Let's get Tom to Latin America! There's an irony in that in 1975 was, if I'm correct about this, or close to it, the year that Jack Bogle first brought out the first index fund at Vanguard. Chautauqua 2015 Reviews, 2016 registration open, Case Study #15: The Scavenger Life -- Freedom first, then Financial Independence, 3rd Annual (2015) Louis Rukeyser Memorial Market Prediction Contest results, and my forecast for 2016, Personal Capital; and how to unload your unwanted stocks and funds, Stockchoker: A look back at what your investment might have been, Case Study #14: To Dream the Impossible Dream (and then realize it), Gone for Summer, an important note on comments and random cool stuff that caught my eye, Stocks Part VIII: The 401(k), 403(b), TSP, IRA & Roth Buckets, Stocks -- Part XXVIII: Debt - The Unacceptable Burden, Case Study #12: Escaping a soul-crushing job before you're 70, Case Study #11: John, a small business owner in transition, Trish and Stan take an Intrepid Sailing Voyage, 2014 Annual Louis Rukeyser Memorial Market Prediction Contest results, and my forecast for 2015, Chautauqua February 7-14, 2015: Escape from Winter, Stocks -- Part XXVII: Why I Dont Like Dollar Cost Averaging, Jack Bogle and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Sounds like they are offering a 20% discount if you pay cash: There's a blog called Rich and Regular, written by Julien and Kiersten, an African American couple, and they're bringing out a book called Cashing Out, and it's targeted specifically to African Americans. I would also love to see a post where you shared more resources like MMM and other FI, outspoken, intelligent writers. Ive also started my own side hustle thats a personal finance workshop. Benz: One area where you run counter to the conventional wisdom is that you're not a big fan of dollar-cost averaging. Having said that, when I last hung up my last corporate job, I think my withdrawal rate was about 5% because my daughter was in college at the time, and I was comfortable with 5%, because looking at the Trinity study, 5% has an extraordinarily high success ratio. So, you're never going to want to do any percentage withdrawal and just set it and forget about it--not only because you might run out of money, but even more importantly, and more likely, your money is going to grow far beyond that withdrawal rate. He got into blogging when he realized, considering his family historywhich showed the men usually died after three score years and some change he may not live long enough to teach his grandchildren what he wanted to teach them about life and money. Regardless, ours must remain a platonic relationship. You are never too old to adjust your investment holdings properly, and certainly not at the tender age of 59. I just discovered this great forum, am I late? Thanks JL! GBP or ZAR in 2008. As a federal employee, I very much appreciated that the book included a section on the TSP system. This is an interesting question. Am I being too aggressive? And if you don't pay any attention, you could wind up 30 years later with a huge pile of money that you could have enjoyed along the way. What Im trying to say is you make my girlfriend hot. So, even more of a connection! The Tax-deferred IRA pool of money is the best money to give charitably in death, otherwise, the heir will have to consume over 10 years and someone will have to pay the tax. I am as well Something to add if you ever do a new edition of the book is to point out that your (home) currency is not a reliable arbiter of wealth. But there's no reason for people to do that. I want to grow the pools, then maximize them for tax-efficiency, charitable giving, and to benefit my heirs. The one bright spot in all of this is that Ive collected 20 years of the full amount of employer matching funds. My best calculation is that dollar cost averaging into the S&P between 1999 and 2009 yielded an annualized 1.6% rate of return for me. My time horizon is about 8 10 years (Im 62). Feel free to email me directly. But I still get back each year for the Chautauquas. We also continue to see markets move upward, as TINA (there is no alternative) to the stock market (not viable, at least). The idea that the U.S will default on its debt. COLLINS. Three months ago I bought my 2nd Triumph Spitfire, its a 1980, 1500. Regrettably, I cant go it alone. Homeownership is the American religion as James Altucher has said a number of years ago, and that's not an accident, that's by design. It is wonderful to enjoy your work and hopfully you will for a long, long time. https://jlcollinsnh.com/2015/03/26/stocks-part-xxviii-debt-the-unacceptable-burden/, https://jlcollinsnh.com/category/education/. In your blog you discuss investing, and also the importance of getting out of debt but my questions are: 1: should I reduce high interest debt first or contribute to an emergency savings fund/cash buffer first? To answer your question, if I were to do it--and again, I haven't researched these--but I am a big fan and very impressed with Elon Musk. I imagine you would say that we should stay tough and that the core principles hold truebut it really seems that, beginning in 2020, we may have crossed a rubicon: From the the phenomenon of meme stocks and market capitalization of small companies with nothing more than an idea far exceeding the market caps of established fortune 500 companies, to the current political climate and health of our democracy. So, it kind of depends on the phase of your life you're in at any given moment. Would you be interested in coming on board as an affiliate partner? But still . And the emotional/financial forces drive you to buying too much house. Are they better off dribbling it in over time to protect themselves against the risk of plowing a bunch of money to work into the market at precisely the wrong time? JLCollinsnh - The Simple Path to Wealth Develop Your Skills and Talents by Shawn Jenkins By Shawn Jenkins and Jonathan Mendonsa Shawn Have you ever considered your career to be like a brokerage account for financial freedom? If you are interested in my ideas, they are all laid out here in the blog and in my book. Thats a pretty cool site youve got yourself. http://www.finllect.ae, Hi Mr Collins, thank you for all the invaluable content here and in your book! Thanks! Well. That's just gambling. for your very kind words. I had accumulated the princely sum of $5,000, and I was working in downtown Chicago at the time. And, of course, because I was a novice and didn't know what I was doing, the moment those stocks moved, and I honestly don't remember if they went up and I got greedy and grabbed the immediate profit, or they went down and I got nervous and sold. I work in the investment industry and love the investing world, too. Again, thank you so much for all the information you provide, Please feel free to post your questions here: https://jlcollinsnh.com/ask-jlcollinsnh/. Ive recently looked back and I can say, Im disappointed at the results. That is handled through Amazon or your local bookstore. I do not want to cash in my retirement savings (a target date fund) or my VTSAX. Secondly, I run a podcast based on educating people in personal finances. I have not had a chance to read the book yet but I have listened to a bunch of interviews and I am hooked. With that in mind. So, at what point do you suggest that people should add bonds to their portfolio? Description "In the dark, bewildering, trap-infested jungle of misinformation and opaque riddles that is the world of investment, JL Collins is the fatherly wizard on the side of the path, offering a simple map, warm words of encouragement and the tools to forge your way through with confidence. $100,000 now is nowhere near $100,000 forty years ago. I have been consuming a ton of information on the subject lately, the foundation of that pursuit being The Simple Path. Just take a look at the S&P500 i.t.o. Then I found the bogglehead forum and learned about index funds. Please call me back. I kept the stocks: bonds allocation the same (90% stocks, 10% bonds). However, when I do that, I plan to own the assets myself. My first real job was scrubbing out big metal ice cream cans. I routinely cruise a number of FI blogs, but havent seen anyone discussing the impacts of our current inflationary economic environment. Case Study #9: Lars -- maximizing some good fortune and considering "dollar cost averaging". It has long been on my list, but not for the immediate future. Benz: And what were the mistakes after that? And by the way, I don't mean to suggest anybody should start drawing 7% from their portfolio, at least not without looking at the Trinity study. https://jlcollinsnh.com/2013/12/16/betterment-wants-to-give-you-25/. What made me finally put this stuff down in the blog was, I had tried very hard to introduce my daughter to these financial concepts. On most of the money that we put into American Funds, we paid the princely sales charges. And I'm old enough to have lived in that investing world before Jack Bogle and fortunately after Jack Bogle. I was once corrected, its a HOME! I then corrected, no , its a HOUSE. Thank you for distilling your wisdom and sharing with the world. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 jlcollinsnh.com Privacy Policy Disclaimers. but I am afraid Im not going to be able to be much help. And, of course, it depends on the person who is reading it. I have a post or two planned about people Ive met whove been able to make that happen. To be clear, it doesn't go up three years, and then go down a year, and then go up three years and down a year. I hope you and your family are safe and healthy in these wild times. Monday of this week, I started researching, I knew we had made huge mistakes with letting our money sit in bonds, I met with 2 financial planners and did hours of research on what they had told me. The Stocks Series has really helped me think through my investing decisions. I just found your blog. You just need to get a couple of simple things right and let time and your money work for you. Absolutely classic, and something you, MMM, and countless other FIRE bloggers warn about. Jim, loved the book. Thoughts? Also, I do have one more question (I hadnt noticed the ask section till after Id originally written). I have to say this is the first time anyone has thanked me for making their girlfriend hot. Unfortunately, we didnt have the benefit of your guidance before starting to save. These days they are telling me how much they liked your book and what action they took after reading it. She is currently a high school junior and she is too busy with school work(5 APs) and extra-curricular activities. All best wishes. Thanks so much! Once the debt is gone use the discipline to channel that money into your investments and watch your wealth grow just as you watched your debt fade. So, we can cross him off the list. Collins: For instance, probably the biggest one of those kinds of things are the target-date funds have international exposure. Would this be a good option, rather than trying to do it myself? or 80/20. Hello again Jim! I am working on my emergency fund, I have about $10k in cash now in an HYSA. Due to the so called hedonistic method of calculating the inflation rate, the inflation rate does not reflect the improvement in quality of goods or the discovery of completely new products, which represent to some (probably not to small) part the growing standard of living of a society. Well, JL, the information you provide in your book as well as your blog give credence to the Occams Razor principle. Congratulations to JL Collins. Im one lucky guy. Collins: I imagine, my father, for instance, I remember when I was a child, hearing that he had invested in some stock based on a tip that he'd gotten, not surprisingly, he lost money and, and he said, I'm never going to do that again. I am concerned about the incurred capital gains. How about the BlackRock Dow Jones fund? However, actively managed mutual funds have outperformed Index for the past many years here. Dang,Jim! I love audio books, is your book available in audio or are there any plans for that? . Is there a way to email you directly because I wanted to share with you a story regarding the impact of your book with my oldest son who is currently a high school senior about to go to college. money is in an ETRADE account in the US, but being that we are in Jim hasnt mentioned his FBI connection and a Sundance that we participated in a few years back. Jim: Debt between 3% and 5%: Use your best judgment to determine when and . So, investing was an avocation rather than a vocation for me. We went into chapter 13 with 90 grand of debt. We are a literary agency in Japan and have got a Japanese publisher interested in your book, THE SIMPLE PATH TO WEALTH(1st edition). JL Collins in the New Mexican desert in the 1980's When did you achieve financial independence? I had about a years worth of wages saved up,and I figured that I could supplement that playing pool.Some nights I was winning $200.00-$300.00,tax free. This would save on capital gains but would continue to frustrate me. Thanks for your time, and looking forward to your response. ETFs were created to make trading indexes easier and, of course, I am opposed to trading. Nice to hear from you and glad to know how well things turned out. BTW, my wifes cousin is a professor of economics at Cornell. Katharina.loix ad gmail.com. While Im no expert in investment options for those outside the USA, people have found value in my stock series no matter where they live. Collins: I write primarily for what's come to be known as the FIRE movement, an acronym that stands for financial independence, retire early. I don't really like the retire early part of that, because the people I know in this might quit their day job, but they go on to do other productive things. Or not. But my book is pretty simple, and it does seem to resonate with a lot of people who are otherwise disinterested in this stuff. And, of course, the house you get for that set price of money is dramatically different depending on where it's located. VTWSX is the world stock market index fund. I recommend your book to everyone who will listen. And the feeling was that if people owned their own home, they'd be more settled, they'd be less likely to be restive. Spoke to you on Twitter about selling your books in Malaysia. P.S. https://jlcollinsnh.com/2012/05/09/stocks-part-v-keeping-it-simple-considerations-and-tools/#comment-4220505. Appreciate how you can make apparently complex concepts seem quite simple. In the book Everyday Millionaires, the survey found: 79% of millionaires built wealth using a company plan ( e.g. JL Collins: Yes the book has sold over 160,000 copies sold and the book's 4th birthday was June 18th, 2020. Since you have written so much on helping people take control of their investments, I wanted to share with you a paper I have written on financial advisor disclosures. 1:11-4:20 Starting his blogging career in retirement. : and to the folks at Benzinga for the honor! Thank you so much for taking time out of your schedule to be with us. Stocks -- Part XIII: The 4% rule, withdrawal rates and how much can I spend anyway? Im putting together a project for other young people based on books recommended by all the successful people around me. COE T340 Prime Power I am a editor of Business Today Megazine in Taiwan, nice to get in touch with you. Justin. I worked with a great team and was super comfortable at work, maybe even a little bored at times. I set out to start my own company Tiny Watts Solar and have since replaced my corporate salary and more recently even obtained health insurance ; ) An HSA with a high deductible ; ) Excited to use that too its fullest once I learn more on how to use it. Doc G was spot on regarding so many points. Therefore, I would think that it might be more advantageous today to consume the ROTH for living in retirement, and instead plan to give the taxable money to ones heirs. very cool that you took a year off, kinda like a retirement preview. I contribute 1000 monthly. Just called Vanguard Australia and they dont have it here, so I was wondering if you could guide me on this. I want your book, I hate to read books. . It could be that I am misunderstanding something from the annual report, but it seems like the total compounded annual gain from 1965-2020 has been 20% for Berkshire Hathaway and 10.2% for SP500. I just wanted to thank you for your blog and book. I actually read the book, The Simple Path To Wealth, in April 2020. but, better late than never right? 1989, but I had no idea at the time. Im pretty new on this subject, however I have decided to invest in the VTSAX. Hi, Jim. Last week, my brother texted me. So we decided to find an investment advisor who could guide us against such reactionary behavior. Currently, a person can give up to $100,000 per year (after 70.5 years of age) via a QCD to a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt entities. Bills book was a lovely and simple read and well worth it. Thanks, Im Mike and Ive been on a bit of a mission to educate myself financially over the last 9 months or so. It was not your intention, but your idea created a monster for me. I would love to write a guest post for your site, because I am currently trying to build my personal profile, and I would love to write a few articles related to personal finance and loans. There's no question it was speculating. As I get older, I am quickly coming closer to the age where having a basket of fixed assets will make a lot of sense versus 100% stocks. Benz: Just to follow up on that, does that give you pause given that it seems like by most measures, non-U.S. stocks are inexpensive relative to U.S. today? 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