- How Big Should an Emergency Fund Be? Working From Your Actual Bills
2026-08-08 · Money Tips
A method for sizing an emergency fund from your real monthly expenses instead of a generic multiple, with a worked example.
- Index Funds vs Picking Stocks: What the Long-Run Evidence Shows
2026-08-08 · Investing
How index funds and stock picking compare over decades, with a worked cost example and the caveats the averages hide.
- Drawdown Explained: Why a 50% Loss Needs a 100% Gain
2026-08-07 · Trading
How percentage losses and gains scale asymmetrically, why drawdown recovery gets harder the deeper it goes, and how to read the math.
- Dollar-Cost Averaging vs Lump Sum: What the Arithmetic Actually Says
2026-08-06 · Investing
A worked comparison of investing a lump sum at once versus spreading it out, showing exactly what each approach does to your average cost and final share count.
- Market Order vs Limit Order: When Each One Loses You Money
2026-08-06 · Trading
Learn the mechanics of market and limit orders and the specific conditions where each type silently costs you money.
- Why Most Day Traders Lose: The Numbers Behind the Attrition
2026-08-06 · Trading
A numbers-based look at why the majority of active day traders lose money, using costs, sample studies, and a worked example.
- What Slippage Actually Costs You (And When It Bites Hardest)
2026-08-06 · Trading
Learn what slippage is, how to calculate its real cost, and which conditions make it worst.
- How a 0.75% Expense Ratio Quietly Eats a Third of Your Returns
2026-08-06 · Investing
A worked example showing how a small annual fee compounds over decades into a large share of your final balance.