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  • 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 8)

    9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 8)

    When we’re young, we can afford to take greater risks with our money, but when we’re older...
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  • Who are you calling “Reckless”?

    Who are you calling “Reckless”?

    If you're reading this, then you're a reckless person, and I mean that as a compliment!
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  • 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 7)

    9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 7)

    If you’re going to be working, and putting money into the markets for at least the next five years, you need to HOPE for lower market levels!
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  • To Ask or Not To Ask, That is the Question

    To Ask or Not To Ask, That is the Question

    Should I let people know that I can barely meet my rent?
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  • 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 6)

    9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 6)

    If your advisor tries to talk you out of low-cost, diversified index funds, it’s time to find another advisor.
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Hey friends!

I’ve been serving abroad for a lot of years now. I’ve lived in multiple countries, served with multiple organizations, and I’ve made multiple financial mistakes.

While it is unpopular for nonprofit workers and missionaries to talk about money, I thought that someone might as well try to make an intelligent guess at the right money moves for those of us living and serving far from our American homes on a shoe-string budget where financial mistakes can hurt us, our families, our organizations and our… Read More 

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Who are you calling “Reckless”?
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Who are you calling “Reckless”?

5 July 2018 Michael A. Carlson 0

If you’re reading this, then you’re a reckless person, and I mean that as a compliment!

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9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 7)

9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 7)

2 July 2018 Andrew Hallam 0
9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Steps 4-5)

9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Steps 4-5)

11 June 2018 Andrew Hallam 0
Missionaries Quitting Because of Money

Missionaries Quitting Because of Money

5 June 2018 Mark Mason 0
10 Investment Mistakes Made By Americans Abroad

10 Investment Mistakes Made By Americans Abroad

24 May 2018 Thun Financial 0

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How to open a US brokerage account while abroad

27 May 2018 Mark Mason 0

They chuckled and hung up the phone, didn’t they? Yep, you called XYZ Brokerage of St. Louis, Missouri to open your first investment account

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10 Investment Mistakes Made By Americans Abroad

10 Investment Mistakes Made By Americans Abroad

24 May 2018 Thun Financial 0
No expats allowed!

No expats allowed!

22 May 2018 Mark Mason 0
Where to give to charity?

Where to give to charity?

6 May 2018 Mark Mason 0
Top expat questions

Top expat questions

20 April 2018 Mark Mason 0

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To Ask or Not To Ask, That is the Question

26 June 2018 Amy Young 0

Should I let people know that I can barely meet my rent?

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A well-meaning friend recently told me that US expat missionaries and nonprofit workers have basically the same personal finance issues as everyone else. What do you think? Here is a list of more than 30 expat warnings and… Read More >> 

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A 529 trick for expats

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16 March 2018 Mark Mason 2
Don’t worry about the Gift Tax?

Don’t worry about the Gift Tax?

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9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 8)
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9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 8)

17 July 2018 Andrew Hallam 0

When we’re young, we can afford to take greater risks with our money, but when we’re older…

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Who are you calling “Reckless”?

Who are you calling “Reckless”?

5 July 2018 Michael A. Carlson 0
9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 7)

9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 7)

2 July 2018 Andrew Hallam 0
To Ask or Not To Ask, That is the Question

To Ask or Not To Ask, That is the Question

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