The Monday Read

Die With Zero edition

Seems like everyone and their dog read Die With Zero this week. I did too! So we’ll be doing a full review on the blog next week.

Spoiler: I thought it wasn’t a particularly good book, but found immense value in it.

I also managed to write a few blog posts yesterday, so there should be a bit more activity on the site over the next couple of weeks. Otanoshimi!

Real Estate Article

I was interviewed briefly for an article about real estate in Japan for foreigners. I’m in the last paragraph.

The forum this week

The forum is looking good. We’re almost at 1,000 registered members.

This week’s books

This week I read Die With Zero, by Bill Perkins, and found it incredibly thought-provoking (but not a very good book), started reading Eat to Live, by Joel Fuhrman (recommended by Bill Perkins and somewhat smug at least in the first couple of chapters, and Lethal White, by Robert Galbraith (book 4 in the mystery series).

This week’s links

1. This was an interesting read: How David Swensen Made Yale Fabulously Rich
2. This is very timely. A must read? Are bonds a good investment in 2021?
3. Things to think about before retiring (early or not): 10 Early Retirement Considerations
4. This makes a lot of sense to me as I head into unemployment/semi-retirement: How Much Money Should You Keep in Cash?
5. Remember, as long as you don’t sell, you didn’t lose any money 😉
   The inverse is also true. How to Lose Money When the Stock Market is at All-Time Highs
6. A nice readable write-up: Buffett’s Investments: The ‘Great,’ the ‘Good’ and the ‘Gruesome’
7. Well, that’s a different perspective! Die With Zero book review
8. And another one: Die With Zero–FI/RE, the YOLO edition
9. This translation site is incredible: DeepL
10. I do both, but hours don’t scale very well: Selling Hours
11. A city of 88 million? The largest city in the world
12. Not now, please, aliens: Even if You Think Discussing Aliens Is Ridiculous, Just Hear Me Out
13. What happens if we get inflation in the US? How would that affect someone living here and investing there? Wage Inflation Isn’t Coming. It’s Already Here.
14. This is more or less how I feel: Collins on crypto
15. What game are you playing? Play your own game
16. This is not investing advice (video): Dogecoin Rap
17. This was an interesting article on dowsing. Nothing to do with money though: Into the Mystical and Inexplicable World of Dowsing
18. New world order? The future of bear markets and recessions
19. I feel like he might have read Die With Zero recently too: Life is Too Short to Save Everything
20. Very interesting video: An insider revealed Nissan’s secrets, then felt its wrath

What do you think? Anything good in there? I found Die With Zero intriguing enough to buy it, of course (#7 and #8), but also #4 and #20.