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9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Step 6)

21 June 20181 November 2018 Andrew Hallam 9 Steps, Andrew Hallam, Low-cost diversified funds

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

Investments Savings

9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Steps 1-3)

11 June 20181 November 2018 Andrew Hallam 9 Steps, Andrew Hallam, Credit and Debit Cards, Debt

Click here to see all of Andrew’s 9 Steps to Financial Freedom or click on them individually as Steps 1-3, Steps

Investments Savings

Free investing [ok, almost free]!

30 May 20181 November 2018 Mark Zoril Low-cost diversified funds, Mark Zoril

Do you know that you can invest for free? Well, almost! There’s no catch! You can open a brokerage account

Investments Retirement Warnings for Expats!

How to open a US brokerage account while abroad

27 May 20181 November 2018 Mark Mason IRA, Mark Zoril

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

Investments Retirement Taxation Warnings for Expats! Winning Financial Freedom

10 Investment Mistakes Made By Americans Abroad

24 May 20181 November 2018 David Kuenzi 403b (401k), Foreign Tax, IRA, Thun Financial, US tax

10, 12 or 200 mistakes. Each one weighs heavily on the limited-income, US expatriate. So, while a few of these

Investments Savings Warnings for Expats!

No expats allowed!

22 May 20181 November 2018 Mark Mason US tax

My US brokerage account was frozen as a result of one stray comment. As I was chatting online about a

Investments Retirement Winning Financial Freedom

6 investing steps to act on now!

15 May 20181 November 2018 Josh Johansen 403b (401k), IRA, Josh Johansen

I hope you’ll read this and find some motivation to act. I have spent over 20 years advising and consulting

Earnings Investments Retirement Savings Taxation Warnings for Expats! Winning Financial Freedom

Favorite Resources

This is a collection of FREEBIES, low-cost and money-saving tools of particular interest to missionaries and limited-income workers. Whenever available,

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A shout-out to Brigada!

3 May 20181 November 2018 Mark Mason

I’d like to thank Doug Lucas and Tina McCormick for promoting Vagabond Finances in their Brigada e-newsletter! If you haven’t seen

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Living on a razor’s edge

1 May 20181 November 2018 Mark Mason Personal Capital

As US expat missionaries and nonprofit workers, it often feels like the slightest change of the breeze could bring our