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It seems that the I can realize my early retirement dream earlier than I thought. If we can continue to add $150,000 a year to our coffer, our net worth will break the 7-figure milestone by the end of this decade. In the financial endgame plan are a million dollars in net worth plus $50,000-strong a year from semi-passive business ... (14 comments)

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WSJ mentioned today that eloan.com is entering the high yield savings account market by offering a 5.50% APY (with a minimal of $5,000). Currently, I'm parking over $50,000 at EmigrantDirect, which has been consistently offering highly competitive rates since 2005. While a hundred dollar more a year is certainly not bad, I'm a bit confused why banks want to keep ... (3 comments)

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In my last update of my micro-lending experiment endeavor about two months ago, I mentioned I would slow down my underwriting practice with a target of $12,500 invested by end of September. Partially encouraged by the positive performance data of the overall Prosper marketplace, I'm now looking at finishing September with about $13,800 loaned at an average rate of 17.90%. (5 comments)

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(I realized I haven't updated my "About" section for more than a year now. For those who joined my journey in the last fifteen months, a late thank-you and here is a brief guide of what the blog is all about.) Welcome to PFBlog, the unique personal finance blog. PFBlog all starts with an ambition: accumulating a full million dollars ... (3 comments)

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WSJ reported today that MasterCard is going to cap the fee it charges gas stations to process credit card and debit card purchases: "In a bid to soothe unhappy merchants, MasterCard Inc. said it will soon begin posting fees it charges retailers, and will cap fees it charges on fuel purchases. The changes announced by the Purchase, N.Y., credit-card company ... (2 comments)

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Still celebrating becoming half millionaires, my wife and I did a quick exercise today to look back in our personal finance journey so far and reflect on key milestones in our net worth growth. (4 comments)

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While I knew August will be a strong month at July close, I didn't expect August to finish this strong. With the 8.0% jump in our family net worth, we finally crossed the important mark of $500,000. The day came much earlier than I could imagine one year ago -- with this kind of momentum, 7-figure net worth seems to ... (13 comments)

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