Hiya, this is a post especially for graduates. I’m writing a series Personal Finance 1.0 on personal finance topics that you should know when starting life on your own. If you’re an older reader, maybe this specific topic is…
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The other day a reader asked me if I might write a post about taxes for “Early Retirees” at some point. Here it is! As always the upfront disclaimer: I’m neither a financial nor a tax consultant, and I…
Okay, that’s worth a quick mini-post: Just reading in the Guardian that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan “intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the royal family and work to become financially independent”. Well, how’s that for…
My laptop is stuck at the repair shop till Christmas – thanks @Apple for the buggy butterfly keyboard 😉 – and I currently have to use my pad to write the blog. A bit tricky, and that’s why it’s…
This post was originally published a year ago. In 2019, three homeless people died of cold already in the greater Hamburg area. And I don’t feel like Christmas yet this year either, so I decided to run a re-edition…
Hiya, this is a post especially for graduates. I’m writing a series Personal Finance 1.0 on personal finance topics that you should know when starting life on your own. If you’re an older reader, maybe this specific topic is…
Does this sound familiar: You’ve been driving your car for quite some time, and ongoing maintenance and repairs start seeming costly in view of its market value. A new used car that’s not in danger of dying on you…
Hiya, this is a post especially for graduates. I’m writing a series Personal Finance 1.0 on personal finance topics that you should know when starting life on your own. If you’re an older reader, maybe this specific topic is…
I’m a fan of lifelong learning and personal development. Not necessarily on a formal basis like in school or college. Maybe you enjoy diving into a new area of knowledge, particularly because you are not doing it to get…
Quick note upfront: If you are a renter your view on some of the issues I address might be quite different from mine. Which I can totally understand. But I’m writing about German real estate as a long-term investment…