Financial education at age XX ?

[wander2039]

Originally Posted By: pandus13
Originally Posted By: Eric Smith
... Should of hit the road in truck/camper combo that I was thinking about...

I think our wifes don't get why we want to keep driving to various places....

For me is relaxing. My parents never really drove a lot and I got my vehicles+license at a late age.

US has lots of nice and beautiful places to see.


Actually mine does and would love to hit the road also. But with the boys and school it's not possible yet. She went back to work with thought when our youngest is done we're hitting the blacktop, our financial goals reflects this. Have 12 years!

 

[Suanick]

This question is viral right now, and still, people have a different opinion. Anyway, I am still in high school, well, in my last weeks of high school, and I don't actually get into this world.

 

[Imp4]

Read 'If You Can' by William Bernstein.
Do what it says.

 

[PandaBear]

I think I would do probably the same thing as I do now, knowing what my risk and reward tolerance and comfort level is. I might buy a more expensive home enough for 2 kids, in a better school district, but I wouldn't have known how much I would make or how expensive it can get, I think that's not going to change as you couldn't predict future.

Other than that no regret, maybe change job more often to get higher income, that's about it.

 

[opus1]

If I look at things honestly, I don't have a lot of regrets, but two that stand out are:

1) Moving to Illinois to get closer to a job in the suburbs. The amount of time I actually benefitted from that was maybe 2 years, then I was back to commuting downtown which I could have done from Indiana.

2) Not selling my Enron stock when I bought my current house. I cashed in some investments and almost sold the Enron stock too, but, noooo, I had all of the money I needed for the downpayment and didn't want to get greedy. Had I been greedy, I would have cashed out right around the time it hit its highest price ever. Oh well...

Otherwise I think I hit all the right boxes, started investing early, traveled when I was not tied down with elder-care like I am now, and so on. I never did find that right woman but I have too many friends who didn't either, only they found someone who they thought was right and then divorced so I don't know if that's an actual regret for me.

 

[PimTac]

Read 'If You Can' by William Bernstein.
Do what it says.

William Bernstein is a excellent source for financial education.