December 2020 - HenryToFire

Dec 30 2020

Understanding Index Funds & The Importance of Costs

December 30, 2020 / Leave a Comment

As I noted in my previous post, I want to continue to focus on areas that I think are important in the context of financial planning for the new year. As such, today I wanted to focus on index funds and the importance of costs. I originally envisioned taking a much deeper dive into both of these topics since they can be a key factor in building wealth and achieving financial independence. I still plan to do so in the future so consider today’s post as simply an introduction to both. Who was Jack Bogle? The man above is John […]

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Are You At Risk?

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” – Warren Buffett It has been almost a month since my last post. It has been more than two months since I wrote an introduction post to my planned investing series. My plan was to begin publishing weekly posts within the investing series beginning in October. Then life happened. Or better yet, life in 2020 continued to happen. Like many, life has been challenging in 2020. Mrs. Henry and I have been very fortunate compared to others who have lost loved ones or lost their job in