≡ Menu

Monevation

Ready to pursue financial independence like a person possessed? It’s time to get tooled up.

{ 34 comments }

Money is power

Or: Why you should never bright your holiday tan to my house…

{ 38 comments }

Mental accounting is the reason why people treat some kinds of money or assets as intrinsically different to others. It can lead to strange outcomes.

{ 40 comments }

Stuck in a rut? Want to change up your job, your finances – and most of all your future? Guest author David Sawyer has a few ideas…

{ 36 comments }

As yet another would-be extreme early retiree has qualms about jumping off the end of the diving board, it’s worth considering why…

{ 87 comments }

Scams and unfeasible investment schemes often catch people unawares because they do not think hard enough about the risks they are taking.

{ 30 comments }

I lived like a well-off student doing a Masters degree for about 20 years past the date on that lifestyle packet. It saved me a fortune!

{ 47 comments }

Even with the soundest investing strategy, you’ve got to believe in and stick with it over the long term…

{ 9 comments }

The Rule of 300 is a quick and dirty shortcut to estimating how much money you’ll need saved to meet your income needs.

{ 60 comments }

Do you have a money mind?

Are you mentally prepared to be an good investor? Todd Wenning puts you on the couch and looks inside your brain…

{ 11 comments }

I don’t like the rampantly popular FIRE acronym because I believe it gives a limiting view of the possibilities of financial freedom. So there!

{ 49 comments }

Coming across a cache of documents dated to the start of my investing journey made me melancholy…

{ 20 comments }

Don’t forget your can opener

Will you be one of those misers found dead in a bed with his nose touching the ceiling because of all the money stuffed under the mattress?

{ 27 comments }

Have you ever wondered who you’re borrowing money off when you go into debt? If you think you’re being given money by a bank or credit card company, think again.

{ 52 comments }

Our writer on (and nearly in) retirement goes back to school without leaving his home office…

{ 26 comments }

Can I live like a millionaire?

How long does it take to save a million pounds and will I be making my roll-ups with £50 pound notes when I get there?

{ 72 comments }