personal finance
Finance Fridays
Here are the articles for this week’s Finance Friday:
Critical Mistakes People are Making with the New Blended Retirement System
My Military Millions Portfolio
Navy Blocks Some GI Bill Transfers Starting Now
Sunday After Action Report (a collection of the best articles that we’ve read this week)
Finance Friday
Here are the personal finance articles from the past week:
After Action Report (a collection of our favorite personal finance articles from the previous week)
Extrinsic vs Intrinsic Motivation
Major Changes to the GI Bill and Tuition Assistance
The Cell Phone Price War for Military Customers
In addition to the articles from Military Millions above, this a great series of articles for physicians from Physician on FIRE:
Investing Basics for Physicians With Little Time or Experience, Part I
Investing Basics for Physicians With Little Time or Experience, Part II
Finance Friday Article Summary
Here are my financial articles from the past week:
6 Months Left to Enroll in the Blended Retirement System
Finance Friday Article Links
As many readers know, I write personal finance articles. I usually post them at the end of the month, but after this post listing everything from June I’m going to start posting them on what we’ll call “Finance Fridays.” In smaller doses they’ll be easier to read and enjoy. Here are this month’s articles:
Add Up Your Fixed Living Costs
Are the Thrift Savings Plan Lifecycle Funds Too Conservative?
A Simple and Military Specific Summary of How to Save for Retirement
Beware the Lump Sum: An Update on the New Blended Retirement
Calculate Your Required Nest Egg
Changes to the TSP Withdrawal Options
Do the TSP Target Date Funds Miss the Mark?
Get Your TSP Professionally Managed for $10/Month with Blooom
How Much Value Can a Financial Advisor Add?
Lessons to Learn from the Early 2018 10% Stock Market Decline – PDF Version
Take Advantage of Your Growing Wealth
TSP Fund Deep Dive – The Lifecycle Funds – Hitting the Easy Button
My Guest Post on White Coat Investor – Disability Insurance for Military Physicians
Check out my guest post on the White Coat Investor site:
End-of-the-Month Personal Finance Post Summary
Here are all of my personal finance articles from the month of May:
Blogs, On-Line Resources, and Podcasts I Recommend
Get Ready to Remodel & Revisit Your Debts
How to Get Rich in the Military Article Compilation
Imagine You Were the Executor and Drop Unnecessary Insurance Coverage
Set Up a Home Equity Line of Credit
Think of Your Assets as Income
TSP Fund Deep Dive – The C Fund
TSP Fund Deep Dive – The F Fund
TSP Fund Deep Dive – The G Fund – Free Lunches Do Exist
TSP Fund Deep Dive – The I Fund – The TSP’s Most Controversial Fund
End-of-the-Month Personal Finance Summary
Here is all of my personal finance content from the month of April. Enjoy!
Bunch Charitable Contributions
Crush the Thrift Savings Plan Article Compilation
Estimate Your Retirement Income Needs
Learn About Insurance With My Junk Mail
Size Does Matter…For Your Expense Ratio
End-of-the-Month Personal Finance Summary
Here are all of my personal finance writings for the month of March. Enjoy!
Another Simple Way to Get Rich in the Military – Learn a Lucrative and Marketable Skill
Highlights from 2017 Physician Compensation Reports
How to Buy Life Insurance When You’re in the Military
Learn How to Retire Secure and Pay Taxes Once and Never Again – For Free!
Military Specific Impacts of Tax Reform
Saturday Critical Action – Buy a Used Car
Saturday Critical Action – Put Retirement First
Saturday Critical Action – Save Some for Your Future Self
Should You Invest in Real Estate?
Step 1 to Crush the Thrift Savings Plan – Prepare
Step 2 to Crush the Thrift Savings Plan – Decide
Step 3 to Crush the Thrift Savings Plan – Asset Allocation
Will the Government Get Rid of the “Free Lunch” of the TSP G Fund?
Happy 147th Medical Corps Birthday from the Corps Chief, the SG, and Me
Today is the 147th Medical Corp birthday. Happy birthday!
The Surgeon General’s birthday messages are here:
Medical Corps Birthday from SG (PDF)
A Message from the Navy Surgeon General – Celebrating 147 years of the Medical Corps
The Medical Corps Chief’s message is here:
Medical Corps Birthday from Corps Chief (PDF)
Happy birthday from me! Here’s my present to you:
- Read this post and do what it says.
- Tell American Express that you are Active Duty.
- A few weeks later (assuming you have an AMEX card), you might get some money credited to you.
Just by doing this, I got $213 back from them. Happy birthday!
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