Author Archives: Liquid Independence
Retiring from my long term career Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I have been working at various 9 to 5 jobs for the last 14 years. But no more. June 28th was officially my final day at work. 🙂 So now I’m officially out of the workforce. And I couldn’t be happier.… Read More »
Liquid net worth – April through June Hey folks. Hope you all had a great financial quarter, unlike me. 😅 My household liquid net worth dropped $138,000. Oh man. That’s a bummer. But it’s important to put things into perspective. I’ve had 6 consecutive quarters of growth before this most recent downturn. So I see these last 3… Read More »
June options trading update I earned $1,014.18 trading options in June. Not a great month, but better than May when I lost money. 😅 The difference this time is I made more conservative trades than before. I chose high probability outcomes even though the rewards are smaller. I also sold more spreads than usual to protect my downside.… Read More »
How to Reach Your Financial Goals I got the pleasure to chat with Mike from the Dividend Guy Blog, and we talked about different mental models and how I plan to quit my job soon. You can check out the full interview here. Thanks to Mike for the opportunity. 🙂 The 20 Slot Punch Card – Warren Buffett’s… Read More »
The US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen explained at a New York even that she does not think the US is going to have a recession. But I think she’s wrong. In 2019 I wrote a post warning that a recession was likely right around the corner. I also predicted that when it happens the stock market would fall… Read More »
Things are getting worse Last month on this blog I warned the sell off in the stock market was likely going to get worse as the economy slows down. There’s a time and place to buy the dip. Now isn’t it. 😅 Inflation in the US came in hotter than expected on Friday, and over the last 24… Read More »