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One of Afford Anything’s core philosophies is that you should experience adventure at every stage of life, rather than defer happiness until the end. You should enjoy mini-retirements throughout your life; treating work and life like an interval race. You should embark on your epic travels today, while — behind the scenes — you simultaneously lay the groundwork for a permanent escape.
Recent Posts from Afford Anything:
- #499: Q&A: We Save $5,000 Per Month. Where Should We Invest It?by Paula Pant on April 12, 2024 at 5:21 pm
Eugene and his wife are retiring with a $10 million net worth and a guaranteed income that exceeds their annual budget. Do they still need things like life insurance and a financial advisor? An anonymous caller’s HOA costs have doubled since she bought her condo. She’s wondering if it’s still a good investment. Should she keep it or sell it? Nandini and her husband save tons every month toward no goal in particular. What should they do with all their extra cash? Former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy and I tackle these four questions in today’s episode. Enjoy!
- #498: Harvard Business Professor Explains Investing in NFT’sby Paula Pant on April 11, 2024 at 12:15 am
Financial literacy includes understanding NFT's, DeFi, and cryptocurrency. But it's hard to separate education from hype. Harvard Business School's Scott Duke Kominers, a professor in Harvard's Entrepreneurial Management Unit, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Harvard Department of Economics and the Harvard Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, joins us alongside Web3 expert Steve Kacizinsky to explain the financial, technological and social significance of NFT's. NFT's, or Non-Fungible Tokens, are a rapidly growing digital asset. Comprehensive financial literacy requires understanding NFT's. While NFT's are emerging opportunity for investment diversification, they are also highly speculative and volatile. NFT's also represent how digital ownership is evolving, and have implications for the economic futures of a myriad of industries. These assets stand at the intersection of art, technology and commerce. This episode provides a deeper understanding of NFT's, taught by a Harvard Business School professor and a Web3 expert.
- #497: Tribute to Dr. Daniel Kahneman, Who Won a Nobel in Economics Even Though He Never Took an Econ Classby Paula Pant on April 6, 2024 at 11:10 pm
Princeton Professor Daniel Kahneman never took an economics class. But he won the 2002 Nobel Prize in economics, thanks to his advancements in understanding the psychology of money. In today’s episode, we pay homage to the late Dr. Kahneman, who passed away on March 27 at age 90. We also discuss the jobs report, inflation data, the booming stock market, the next Bitcoin halving, Capital One’s acquisition of Discover, and the National Association of Realtors settlement. Enjoy!
- Dr. Cal Newport: How to Achieve More by Doing Lessby Paula Pant on April 3, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Welcome back to First Principles, the newsletter from Afford Anything. In 1896, a young Marie Curie, Polish physicist and mathematician, became fascinated by uranium. She was inspired by scientist Henri Becquerel’s discovery of radioactivity, which took place that same year. Curie herself coined the term “radioactivity” to describe the occurrence of radiation [...]