If you really get into the personal finance community, you'll find there are more opinions than people when it comes to your financial statistics. Each writer has a … [Read more...]
Net Worth by Age Calculator for the United States
Ever wonder how your net worth stacks up with the rest of your age group in America? We made a net worth by age calculator using Federal Reserve data - merely enter your … [Read more...]
The Aspirational Class: How Many Accredited Investors Are There in America?
We estimate that 8.25% of all American households - or roughly 10,108,811 households - count as Accredited Investors. (As of 2013, calculated using Federal Reserve SCF … [Read more...]
Average Drawdowns of Wealth for American Retirees
This article is an attempt to look at the wealth drawdowns for American retirees, strictly by looking at net worth data for heads of households with age ranges 65-69, … [Read more...]
The Net Worth of American Retirees
Continuing our little series on American Net Worth secrets revealed by the Federal Reserve's 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, I figured we'd zoom into a little segment … [Read more...]
The Older You Get, The More Discipline Helps Your Net Worth
Last year, we published a mildly interesting article which stated that the correlation between income and wealth isn't that strong (despite what we have been told). … [Read more...]
The Four Pillars of Personal Finance
Both my co-writer Cameron and I have recently penned screeds on a worrisome trend we've seen in Personal Finance blogs - the hyperbolic obsession with "Debt Zero". "Debt … [Read more...]
What Does Your Weight Say About Your Net Worth?
Right here on the pages of DQYDJ you've seen us discuss what your level of attractiveness means for your salary and whether benefits for the homely made sense. Let's go … [Read more...]
Guaranteed 348,000% RoE
Last month I wrote an article celebrating my occasion of hitting $1 net worth. This month my net worth has skyrocketed to $3,481. This provides an RoE of 348,000%. Now I … [Read more...]
Offense Wins Games… Defense Wins Championships
"Offense Wins Games... Defense Wins Championships" - Horrible Quote.I don't know who said it originally... but I always hated that quote. In my mind, if you win every … [Read more...]
I Am Completely Worthless
Worthless at last! Worthless at last! Thank God Almighty, worthless at last!Bells are ringing! I am finally worthless!With my paycheck today my net worth has … [Read more...]
How To Define ‘Savings’
Today we're going to try to pin down a definition of savings.The issue of the declining savings rate in America has been mentioned as one of the ways in which the … [Read more...]