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Jan Friedman

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investing

Happy new year 2024. And all the value comes in the tail

Happy new year 2024!! Turns out, I only end up writing on this blog once a year which happens to be at the turn of each given year. Even though I tell myself

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work

Power law and how to succeed

How to succeed in a winner-take all market

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investing

Happy new year 2023!!

Here's a few notes I came across this week. Without a doubt equity markets were quite horrendous in 2022. Without bragging I can say I was right on inflation but I forgot to

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philosophy

Secret for success to be free and wealthy

In this post we will review one of the key essence of this blog: How do I become free and wealthy? How to escape the rat race? Turns out, there is a simple

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lendingclub

LendingClub DD update

It has been a while ride. Lending Club is up 65% in the last month and back down to the 13-14$ range. The previous LendingClub DD was about 1 month ago. As a

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stock investing

Lending Club DD

Lending club is an unloved and attractive stock for a re-opening play with a great growth story and big vision. I belive it is nice long term play. On this blog, I typically

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investing

A look back at the 2020 downturn

Now that 2020 is over, my guess is in 5 years everyone will look back at 2020 and realize how irrational the markets were. It is always in those time of panic that

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Understanding asymmetric returns

One of the most powerful concept in investing is assymetrical returns. This means, if you bet 1$ but you have a chance of winning 10$ or losing your bet. If the odds are

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housing

Reasons to refinancing your mortgage

In this post, I will show you where you can save money on one of your biggest expense: Housing. I will show you have to save up to 3000$ when doing a mortgage

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stock investing

Investing in Transportation

I have been trying to think about the impact of transportation in our lives and how technology can change it. In this article, I will explain which stock (securities) to buy to profit

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wealth

Secrets to building wealth

Do you want to build real long lasting wealth? What are the secrets for building wealth? People have consistently done it, without only being lucky, in the last few decades. This post will

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stock investing

Recession history lesson

Recessions will happen. It's just the nature of financial markets. Understanding them is key and understanding your emotions will allow to get through them. You should be rooting for asset prices to get

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stock investing

Warren Buffet investment checklist

Warren Buffet's investment checklist. Baseball analogy to investing. Waiting for fat pitches.

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investing

Time IN the market beats timINg the market

Don't try to time the market. Time IN the market is better than timing the market.

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philosophy

BFAW Philosophy

Welcome to www.befreeandwealthy.com. Thanks for reading this. I wrote this post to outline what kind of ideas, philosophy and topic this website covers. What kind of FIRE? You've probably heard about

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realestate

How to calculate debt to income ratio for rental income

In this post you will learn : How bank calculate your income to debt ratio. How to calculate your debt to income ratio. What is my debt to income ratio with investment property. Only

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