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My Retirement Asset Allocation

Investing  Personal Finance  Retirement     December 12, 2014 by CameronDaniels

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I decided to play around with Morning Star’s X-Ray tool. The tool takes your entire portfolio and analyzes the asset allocation by geography, by risk level, by asset class as well as by type (growth vs. value, etc.). Here is what my current asset allocation across my portfolio is (asset type): […]

I Quit My Day Job – Drinking from a Fire Hydrant (Part 1 of 3)

Personal Finance     December 8, 2014 by CameronDaniels

“Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.” – Mitchell Kapor This post is going to be the first part of a three-parter about a fresh change for one-third of the writers at Don’t Quit Your Day Job…. Since my colleague PK and I founded this website back in […]

September 2014 Goal Assessment

Debt  Personal Finance     September 16, 2014 by CameronDaniels

At the end of last year, I stated that I wanted to pay down ~$34,000 in consumer debt (outside of my mortgage). I am writing today to report on both a level of success and a switch in strategy. How am I faring? In short: decently. I am not currently on track to hit my […]

FICO is a Corporation

Debt  Personal Finance     September 1, 2014 by CameronDaniels

Much has been written about the recent change in the FICO scoring system from both mainstream media and personal finance blogosphere. Using my compelling inside information and incredible subject matter expertise, I can insist that it will not make much of a difference. What?  Huh? First, a little background. Fair Isaac (FICO) is a publicly […]

Time and Well-Being

Personal Finance     August 20, 2014 by CameronDaniels

Everybody has heard the old adage “Time is money,” but very few have considered what it means in their own lives. Every hour you spend on something could potentially be costing you lost wages, leisure, lost weight (through exercise), skills, hobbies, etc. When taken literally, time is entirely interchangeable with money. Money can buy you […]

Emergency Funds are Overrated: Part Three of Three

Debt  Investing  Personal Finance     April 2, 2014 by CameronDaniels

(Read parts one and two in the emergency funds series) In the first two articles, I covered: How important it is to be cash flow positive How to cover very small shortfalls with credit How to cover truly large expenses with different forms of insurance. The most important large unplanned expenses that could potentially be […]

Emergency Funds are Overrated: Part Two of Three

Debt  Personal Finance  Retirement     March 26, 2014 by CameronDaniels

In part one on Monday, I wrote about how credit cards can provide short-term liquidity where emergency funds would typically be recommended. In this article, I will write about how most “emergencies” people list as reasons for an emergency fund are not true emergencies and can be easily planned for (and anything that is above […]

Emergency Funds are Overrated: Part One of Three

Debt  Personal Finance  Retirement     March 24, 2014 by CameronDaniels

Emergency funds are a controversial topic that have always irked the writers here at DQYDJ. Okay: overall, we think they are a decent idea… but the singular focus on obtaining one despite the (usually ignored) costs is  the incorrect focus for most financial prioritization decisions. In this series, I will lay out three reasons why […]

It’s a Matter of Principle (Principal)

Debt  Investing  Personal Finance     February 24, 2014 by CameronDaniels

I try to run my personal finances like I would run a business: Use debt to leverage high ROE assets. Limit expenses and maximize revenues by exploring future potential revenue streams. This manifests itself in many ways in my life… and how I pay my bills. When a bill is due, I wait until the […]

Maintaining a Debt Paydown Strategy

Debt  Investing  Personal Finance     January 29, 2014 by CameronDaniels

My relationship with debt has been much different than the average American. I took out ~$65,000 in student debt to attend a private university and I have regretted this 0 times.  I chose a major that I thoroughly enjoy and that has paid me sufficiently and I do not feel that I would have the […]

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