I have been using Boldin software now for a couple of months and felt it was a good time to write a review about it. You can visit their website at www.boldin.com. Cost I’ll get to the cost part first because it’s one of the easiest things to discuss and what most people are generally…
Category: ToolBox
New ToolBox Page
It can be overwhelming trying to deal with everything in personal finance. The list below is something AI generated for me when I asked for a cradle to grave list of things related to personal finance. I don’t have a list of tools for all of those things but I do have one for the…
AI, Panic & Dependency
I now use AI almost on a daily basis and I hadn’t thought about how dependent I am becoming on it until it stopped working. Earlier this week I asked AI to create some images for me and it refused to do so. I am not sure if it was a technical glitch, AI didn’t…
I’m Dumping Fast Graphs For A New Free App
The internet is amazing. Information at your fingertips from anywhere in the world is truly marvelous but sometimes when you want that data in a nice visualized format you have to pay for a service. Long time readers know that I have been rationalizing my subscription services for over a year now in preparation for…
AI: Analyzing Asset Class & Sector Performance Returns With AI
Here’s another quick and amazing way to analyze data with AI. I visited this website and found the chart below. I wanted to know quickly which asset class had the best returns during the time period. Normally I would type the data into excel and start running averages but I decided to let AI do…
Evaluating Municipal Bonds
I’ve been writing about municipal bonds lately largely because I love the tax free interest these bonds generate and it helps with taxes so I’m writing about munis yet again. This time I am going to write about my decision making process for which bonds to buy. Lately, I am getting a flood of municipal…
My Favorite Stock Options Tool
One of the ways I squeeze extra income out of my stock holdings is to sell covered calls on my stocks. The challenge is always trying to locate and calculate the call premiums and returns on selling calls out into the future. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, visit this link on my…
Municipal Bonds Tools & Tactics
Follow up on my earlier post to buy $30,000 in municipal bonds, I continue to load up on these bonds with ~6% tax free equivalent yield to lock in higher rates for tax free income in case the Fed decides to cut rates. I want to share some thoughts on my strategy with picking these…
An Unexpected Financial Tool
My family and I have been planning our summer vacation that involves visiting three countries in Europe with family members that live in different places. Initially we were having trouble coordinating all the activities day by day until I came across this video. My family and I started using Monday.com to plan our travel and…
Review: The Retirement Nerds Tax Planning Template
I’ve become a big fan of The Retirement Nerds. These guys run a YouTube channel, website, and sell tax planning spreadsheet and training here. I stumbled upon these guys when researching a Roth IRA conversion and was looking for a spreadsheet that could help do all the calculations for me to figure out a way…