As of this week, Jerome Powell is running out of time at the Federal Reserve. His term as chair ends May 15. The Senate Banking Committee voted April 29 to…

I want to start with the question that’s keeping millions of prospective buyers frozen in place: when are rates coming back down to 3%? The honest answer, based on what…

The coverage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act focused heavily on the headline provisions — the extended tax brackets, the no-tax-on-tips provision, the senior standard deduction. All of those…

I’ve been watching the tariff coverage closely since early 2025 and noticed something that I think is causing more confusion than the tariffs themselves: the numbers being cited are wildly…

Part 10 of the Rational Compounding Framework Somewhere in the past decade, financial content stopped being about building wealth and became about maintaining engagement. The two goals are not compatible.…

Part 9 of the Rational Compounding Framework There’s a debate that runs through personal finance content that I think is mostly a waste of time: should you focus on earning…

Part 8 of the Rational Compounding Framework Here’s something that took me an embarrassingly long time to understand: getting from zero to $1 million and getting from $1 million to…

Part 7 of the Rational Compounding Framework Most people manage their money the way they manage their inbox — reactively. They open the investment app when markets drop 8% and…

Part 6 of the Rational Compounding Framework There’s a certain type of finance content that feels incredibly productive to read. It goes something like this: max your HSA, do the…