The Impact of Community on your Finances
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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Blair Hoover
- Oct 6
- 9 min
Asset Allocation and Understanding Risk
Asset allocation refers to the percentage of your total investments that are in each asset category. Typically investors are referring to...
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Tuan Phan
- Sep 23
- 3 min
How to Win the Lotto
Jerry and Marge Shelbee are a retired couple from Michigan, US, who won the state lotto. Although this is hard to do, it’s not uncommon...
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John Henzell
- Sep 16
- 5 min
Life after FIRE: Pandemic Edition
Ever wondered what would have happened if the life you dreamed of as a twenty-something actually became a reality? Thanks to the...
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Tuan Phan
- Sep 9
- 5 min
Buy the Whole Haystack: Why Index Investing Beats Stock Picking
The importance of diversification in the stock market. Looking for the needle in the haystack Many people wrongly believe that the stock...
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Blair Hoover
- Aug 26
- 4 min
How Much Money Do You Need?
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...
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Tuan Phan
- Aug 18
- 4 min
Blackrock's New UCITES iBond ETFs
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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Tuan Phan
- Aug 12
- 4 min
Financial Advisors and Active Fund Managers
Active vs Passive The “Active vs Passive” debate was settled long ago - passive is better in the long run mathematically and empirically,...
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Tuan Phan
- Jul 1
- 5 min
Living the YOLO Life
Finding balance between YOLO and Delayed Gratification
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Tuan Phan
- Jun 10
- 6 min
BNPL is an Evil Business Model
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...
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Tuan Phan
- May 13
- 4 min
Understanding Investing
“It takes above average intelligence to understand index investing” -Tuan Phan Index Investing is Simple Being a passive investor is...
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Blair Hoover
- May 6
- 3 min
Buying Vs Renting: Beyond the Numbers
If you want to see what the numbers say, check out my previous post: Buying Vs Renting: The Numbers. Types of Data Having taught the...
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Blair Hoover
- Apr 29
- 5 min
Buying Vs Renting: The Numbers
"I don't want to be throwing away all that money on rent." Land ownership has been the most common way of building wealth throughout...
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Tuan Phan
- Apr 22
- 3 min
Investing is a Solved Game
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,...
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Blair Hoover
- Apr 15
- 4 min
Retirement: Death Trap or Freedom?
"I don't want to stop working" "I love my job" "I don't want to retire and waste away" When I first started learning about the FIRE...
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Blair Hoover
- Apr 8
- 3 min
Money Can Grow: The Power of Compound Interest
The compound interest formula looks complex and intimidating. But this mathematical formula holds to key to your financial freedom....
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Tuan Phan
- Apr 5
- 3 min
No Called Strikes
"There are no called strikes in the (investing) business” Perhaps Warren Buffett’s most iconic interview was his very first* on National...
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Blair Hoover
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Diversification: how to prevent financial collapse
Over the weekend in the US, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) went under. Banks fail all the time, but this was a rather large one with a...
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Blair Hoover
- Mar 12
- 3 min
Aligning with your Values
When I felt lost, stagnant, and directionless my therapist told me that's a sure sign I was not acting in accordance with my values. She...
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Blair Hoover
- Mar 11
- 3 min
What's Possible? Financial Independence for Everyone
When I was just a few years out of university and trying to find my way in the world, I did a quick calculation of my expenses and tried...
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