Articles about wealth building, investing, and saving
Eight years of dollar-cost averaging into US index funds with zero sells. From $2K unrealized losses to $130K in gains — the full timeline.
I check the S&P 500 at 4 AM every morning. If it's up, I stare for 5 minutes. If it's down, I close the app. My 8-year index investing routine.
Real budget of a Japanese dual-income couple: $4K take-home, $2,500/mo into index funds, $1,300 on food. Every yen exposed.
The first 3 years of index fund investing felt like nothing happened. $1,000/month, barely any growth. Then compound interest kicked in at year 5.
My peer got promoted to director — 40+ extra hours a month. I stayed put and invested instead. How building a ¥30M portfolio through index funds made promotion envy disappear, and why work-life balance won.
A frugal husband and a comfort-first wife. How opposite money mindsets helped us build ¥50 million in 8 years.
Lost ¥2 million ($14K) on a single telecom stock. The panic, the shaking hands, and how that failure led me to index funds.
Reached $350K in index fund assets after 8 years. The anxiety didn't disappear — it just changed shape. Here's how I cope.
My 4-year-old called me rich because I buy strawberries. What her scarcity-free childhood taught me about wealth and the mindset I want to pass down.
Lost $10K in the dot-com crash at 25, avoided markets for years. The one investing lesson I'd send back in time to my 20-year-old self.