On this page is a stock return calculator which automatically calculates dividend reinvestment (DRIP). It has daily resolution and properly accounts for stock splits and … [Read more...]
Checking in on the Job Market, July 2017 Edition
The JOLTS report dropped today, right on the heels of the employment report last week. That makes this as good of a time as any to take a look at the job market.As a … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 7/8/2017
What's up folks! How's your summer weekend going? High 90s here (in Freedom Units).First up: our friend Nelson at Financial Uproar updated the stock picking … [Read more...]
Mortgages are Still Cheap: July, 2017 Edition
The cost of buying a house is still out of reach for many want-to-be buyers, but one thing's for sure: mortgages themselves are very cheap. Even though the Federal … [Read more...]
Inflation Expectations through 6/27/2017
One series we keep a careful eye on here at Don't Quit Your Day Job... is Treasury Breakevens. By subtracting the real yield on inflation adjusted securities from the … [Read more...]
How Round Number Bias and Psychological Pricing Affect Your Gains and Spending
You may have partied like it was 1999, but the big celebration was in 2000. Your shopping cart is consistently full of products with prices ending in ".99". Your last … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 6/17/2017
Happy Father's Day everyone! Links We LikedPriceonomics had a nice post estimating how much people are pulling in from the so-called 'gig economy'. Amazon is … [Read more...]
Imposter Syndrome: Does This Article Even Belong Here?
Imposter Syndrome - or the Imposter Phenomenon - is a feeling of intellectual self-doubt where people fear exposure as a "fraud". In the face of (often overwhelming) … [Read more...]
What is Your Asset Allocation in 2017?
One good habit to get yourself into is an, at a minimum, annual financial health check. For me, I often do a deep dive into our finances during tax season. "Thanks" to … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 5/14/2017
We lost my grandfather last week - a great man and a true original. He had unfortunately been battling a strange blood disorder for quite some time.My grandfather … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 5/7/2017
That's our way of announcing I updated our main datasets on the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and 10-Year constan maturity treasuries. There are about 15 calculators … [Read more...]
What Was Your Savings Rate in 2016?
Don't Quit Your Day Job... certainly mixes up the article categories, but at our heart we're a finance web site. Personal finance or otherwise, that means most of the … [Read more...]