Reader Profile: EC...

The following is the latest post in my “Reader Profiles” series. Each post in this series details the financial situation and challenges of an FMF reader. The purpose of this series is to help us all identify with people like us (in similar situations — not all will be,...

Early Semi Retirement O...

The following is a guest post from Steve at Money Infant . Steve is an early semi retired guy living in Thailand and blogging about personal finance from the perspective of someone who values experience over material things. Once you are semi retired there are a whole slew of...

Is Early Semi Retiremen...

The following is a guest post from Steve at Money Infant . Steve is an early semi retired guy living in Thailand and blogging about personal finance from the perspective of someone who values experience over material things. Early retirement seems to be all the rage these days. ...

Reader Profile: MB...

The following is the latest post in my “Reader Profiles” series. Each post in this series details the financial situation and challenges of an FMF reader. The purpose of this series is to help us all identify with people like us (in similar situations — not all will be,...

Star Money Articles and...

As a reminder, FMF is on Facebook and Twitter . Join me there if you frequent those sites. Here are some pieces I found especially worthwhile and some of the carnivals Free Money Finance was in this week: Fiscal Phoenix has a better mentality . Faithful with a Few talks about getting a...

Reader Profile: MAB...

The following is the latest post in my “Reader Profiles” series. Each post in this series details the financial situation and challenges of an FMF reader. The purpose of this series is to help us all identify with people like us (in similar situations — not all will be,...

The Value of Early Care...

Here’s a great comment left on my post titled Top 10 Free Money Finance Posts of 2011 which listed How to Maximize Your Lifetime Earnings as my #1 post from 2011: I know it can be hard to rank these, but I do agree about #1. In my case, I have invested heavily in my career. There...

Reader Profile: SF...

The following is the latest post in my “Reader Profiles” series. Each post in this series details the financial situation and challenges of an FMF reader. The purpose of this series is to help us all identify with people like us (in similar situations — not all will be,...

Top 10 Free Money Finan...

As regular readers know, I feature a lot of guest posts throughout a year (though not as many this year as in past years). I like to get a variety of perspectives on money issues, hear from others in different life stages than I’m in, and let readers get money thoughts from someone...

The Importance of a Fir...

The following is an excerpt from How Smart People Sabotage Their Job Search: 10 Mistakes Executives Make and How to Fix Them! . We’ve previously discussed how making yourself as attractive as possible can have a big impact on your career. This post (and the initial part 1 ) gives...