Credit card debt in the UAE comes with shockingly high interest rates—up to 59% annually due to monthly compounding. Learn why it’s a financial emergency, how to calculate the real cost, and what steps you can take today to pay it off.

If you're like me, you grew up without a lot of financial help, and you want your kids to have an easier time than you did. If that's you, I have a few points I would like you to consider before I dive into the mechanics of how to save for your kids' future.

Why buy bonds? Because they just might get you out of a pinch, just don't count on them for growth. Their role is downside protection.

Learn how you can save money on future US taxes by harvesting some of your capital gains now as an expat.

Americans thinking about moving overseas, this post is for you. Find out what you don't know about the financial side of expat life.

Writing a will is daunting. The hardest part is the thinking and planning, and you can do that right now. There are certain things in UAE yo

Tuan and I recently facilitated a SimplyFI community meet-up here in Abu Dhabi. Getting together with other people in various stages of...

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The importance of diversification in the stock market. Looking for the needle in the haystack Many people wrongly believe that the stock...

How do you know how much money you need to invest in order to be financially independent? The total amount you need to have invested in...

What does this mean for investors? I just found out that Blackrock launched a new suite of iBonds ETFs on August 9th that are UCITS and...

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Finding balance between YOLO and Delayed Gratification

I hate the “Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)” business model – it’s evil!! When I first heard of the Buy Now Pay Later model that many fintech...

“It takes above average intelligence to understand index investing” -Tuan Phan Index Investing is Simple Being a passive investor is...

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Chess is one of the oldest and most popular board games in the world, with a rich history that spans more than a thousand years. Today,...