The Fed held rates at 3.5-3.75% on July 29, 2026 – but three of the twelve voters wanted a hike. Here is what the FOMC actually is, how its vote works, and how the decision reaches a pension account in South Korea.
July 2026 was a down month: savings fell about 3 percent to $106,514 while dividends held near $153 a month. Here are the frozen charts, what actually moved the number, how I calculate this every month, and why I did nothing about it.
Update — 30 July 2026: what actually happened. The Fed did not raise rates at the July 28–29 meeting. It
I read a story this week that stopped me mid-scroll. A Costco cashier in Arizona — a man who started
I checked my phone this morning the way I do most mornings — half out of habit, half out of
I read two headlines back to back this week that didn’t make sense to me at first. One: a major
A famous chipmaker just listed on the Nasdaq and my first instinct was to buy the stock. Here is why I stuck with my boring monthly index buy instead.
A new Fed chair testifies before Congress this week, with fresh inflation data landing the same day. Markets will parse every word. My monthly buy won’t — here’s why.
The house is gone and the first money has landed. So where does it actually go? Here’s my honest, boring, 20-year plan — and why I keep buying index funds even though I’m chasing six-figure dividends.
A little while ago I stumbled on a statistic that stopped me mid-scroll: as of early 2026, the investment firm