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The Power Of Deliberate Spending
Is The Great Taking Real?
Should You Buy An EV? (And Why I Did)
Stage 3 Tax Cuts Explained (Taxes and FIRE)
Strong Money Household Spending in 2023
80/20 Rule: The Pareto Principle for Financial Independence
How to Level Up Your Life & Finances In 2024
What If Everyone Pursued Financial Independence?
Should You Pay Off Your Home, Invest, or Debt Recycle at Higher Interest Rates?
Some Notes & Lessons on Dealing with Loss
Early Retirement & Post-FI Resources Page
Does Renting Make Your Finances More Predictable?
Open Home Loans: New Tech to Get the Best Rate Automatically?
Everyday Benefits of Having More Freedom in Your Life
Is Financial Independence Immoral?
What If I Woke Up Broke?
My Thoughts On Die With Zero (Book Review)
The Great Divergence
How to Become Rich AND Happy in One Blog Post
Side Hustles: Are They Worth It?
What’s the Difference Between FIRE in Australia and the US?
The Economics of Self Publishing A Book (How It All Works)
How to Deal With Those Awkward FIRE Conversations
What Are Taxes Like When You Retire Early in Australia?
Achievement vs Enjoyment (and How to Have Both)
The Luxury of Outsourcing (Why I Don’t DIY)
Our Household Spending in 2022 (Full Breakdown)
How to Spend More Money and Still Become Richer
Strong Money Australia Book Resources
Reader Interview: A Real-Life Millionaire Next Door
The Incredible Power of Momentum
Why Our Idea of Sacrifice Is Wrong
Your Flex Rate: The Crucial Factor Behind A Successful Early Retirement
Why We’re Not Paying Off Our Mortgage
What My Life is Like 5 Years After Retiring Early
How to Prosper Despite Higher Inflation
An Update on ASIC Guidelines and My Content
ASIC’s Crackdown of Financial Content & ‘Finfluencers’
Investment Portfolio Update: H1 2022
How We’re Buying A House During Early Retirement
50 Enjoyable Low Cost Things To Do
Sitting Down With Strong Money: Your Questions Answered #16
Our 2021 Household Spending Revealed
Investment Portfolio Update: H2 2021
How to Actually Pull The Plug and Leave Work
DHHF & VDHG: Is A One Fund Portfolio All You Need?
Is A 20% House Deposit Always the Best Move?
Sitting Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered #15
How to Prepare For Early Retirement
The Questions, Complaints and Criticisms About Retiring Early
Investment Portfolio Update: Mid Year 2021
Should You Borrow to Invest in Shares?
Why I Moved My Investments Over to Pearler
Podcast: Investment Bonds Examined – The Benefits and Drawbacks
The Ultimate Guide to Debt Recycling (2023 Update)
Thoughts After Four Years of Freedom
How to Become Recession-Proof
Sitting Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered #14
Pearler Review: Easy, Automated, Low Cost Investing (with Pearler’s Co-Founder)
Peter Thornhill’s Investment Strategy for 2021 and Beyond
Achieving Financial Independence With A Family
Investment Portfolio Update: H1 2021
Index Funds in Australia: VAS, A200, IOZ | The Options & The Benefits
How to Buy Shares (Beginners Guide with Screenshots)
Investing vs Speculating (and How to Tell the Difference)
A Guide to Investing in International Index Funds
How to Get Through the ‘Boring’ Middle Part of the FI Journey
Investing in 2021 – Comparing the Options
Our 2020 Household Spending Revealed
One Reader’s Remarkable Journey Towards FIRE
How Do House Prices Affect Financial Independence?
Follow-Up Interview with Early Retiree, Michael
Sitting Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered #13
Highest Paying Jobs in Australia Without A Degree
How to Travel and Enjoy Time Off Without Killing Your Savings
The Surprising Tax Efficiency of Dividends
How We Manage Our Money Each Month, Explained!
The Lost Art of Moderation
Sitting Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered #12
House Hacking: Turn Your Housing Costs Into Profits!
Why We Might Sell Our Entire Share Portfolio…
Complete Guide to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in Australia
How Can You Get Your Spouse on Board for FIRE?
My Latest Thoughts on Dividends and Diversification
Do You Need to Own A House to Retire Early?
Sitting Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered #10
Pay Off Your Mortgage or Invest in Shares?
Focus, Diversification and Early Retirement
Why Financial Independence Is Getting Easier
My Thoughts On The Current Corona Sharemarket Crash
Sitting Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered #9
Optimisation Day: The Annual Gift To Your Future-Self
How to Beat FOMO and Create Your Own Path to Wealth
LIC Reviews Page
Semi-Retirement: Your Shortcut to Freedom?
Interview with Mrs Strong Money: Insights From the Better-Half
Can You Achieve Financial Independence on a Low Income?
Sitting Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered #8
How Much Did the Strong Money Household Spend in 2019?
Our Year in Review: Strong Money Adventures in 2019
LIC Review: Washington H. Soul Pattinson (ASX:SOL)
If the FIRE Journey Makes You Miserable, You’re Doing it Wrong
Confession Time: The Most Unfrugal Thing I’ve Done in 10 Years…
Sitting Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered #7
Everything You Need to Know About High Yield Investments
How to Break Through the Status Quo and Improve Your Life
The Best Books I’ve Read in 2019
How I Approach Superannuation as an Income-Focused Investor
7 Business Principles to Master Your Personal Finances
Sitting Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered #6
When Novelty is the New Normal
Timing the Market: Silly or Sensible?
How to Get Ahead in a Slow Economy
Facing My Biggest Fear… And Special Content For You!
FIRE Philosophy – What the FIRE Crowd Gets That Everyone Else Misses
Sitting Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered #5
Turning Equity Into Income: The Property-to-Shares Transition Strategy
An Open Letter to Property Investors and Sharemarket Newbies
The Experiment: How We’d Spend $80 Million
Sitting Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered #4
What I Would Tell My Teenage-Self About Work, Life and Money
Mortgage, Investing or Super – Where Should You Put Your Money?
Sitting Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered #3
LIC Review: Diversified United Investment (ASX:DUI)
How To Make Better Financial Decisions: My 4-Part Framework
The Future of Australia’s Economy (with Pete Wargent)
Interview with Pete Wargent: Part One – Financially Free at 33
Frugality and Fitness: Boost Your Health and Grow Your Wealth
7 Steps to FIRE for Newbies and Spouses
A Sit Down with Strong Money – Reader Questions Answered #2
Franking Changes, LICs and Investment Strategy
Reader Interview: Financially Independent at 32!
A Complete Guide to LIC Premiums and Discounts
A Sit Down with Strong Money – Your Questions Answered!
Strong Money Household Spending Revealed!
Long Term Investing & Shrugging Off Sharemarket Falls
Whitefield LIC Review (ASX:WHF)
It’s All About The Increments Baby!
4 Money Lessons That Changed My Life
Is Your Dream House Costing You Your Freedom?
LIC Review: Australian United Investment Company (ASX:AUI)
Reader Case Study: High Income Family Craves A Retirement Roadmap
What Does Financial Independence Look Like?
Frugality and Food – The Grocery Strategy
Lessons After One Year of Blogging
The Relentless Progress of a Dividend Investor
Peter Thornhill on LICs, Dividend Investing and Other FAQ (Interview)
Reader Case Study: Daniel Wants To Dump His Job and Retire Early
Saving vs Investing – Where Should You Focus?
LIC Review: BKI Investment Company (ASX:BKI)
What If Australia Crashes?
Uh-Oh, Call The Internet Retirement Police!
International Shares for Aussie Dividend Investors – Where Does It Fit?
Should You Invest For Income Or Growth?
LIC Review: Milton Corporation (ASX:MLT)
Being Rational and Solving Problems
Franking Credit Changes – My Thoughts
Here’s What I’ve Been Reading Lately…
Our Adventures with Leveraged Property
Insurance: Prudent Protection or Costly Comfort?
LIC Review: Argo Investments (ASX:ARG)
The Real Cost of Living: An Inconvenient Truth
Dividend Investing – A Perfect Fit For Aussie Early Retirees?
Financial Strength – Which Level Are You?
Driving Your Wealth, With Frugal Car Ownership
LIC Review: Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC)
Retire Young, Before It’s Too Late
Retirement Income Strategies – Which One Is Right For You?
Equity Rich, Cashflow Poor
When Frugality Meets Smartphones
P2P Lending – How To Get A 24% Return
Automated Investing – Your Hidden Helper
The Wealth Illusion: Things Often Aren’t What They Seem
Rent vs Buy – The Aussie Housing Dilemma
Finding Motivation for Financial Independence
Retire Early: How Much Do You Need?
Savings Rate Revisited: Our Journey In Numbers
How to Make 100k Over the Weekend
Run Your Personal Finances Like A Business
Earn More or Spend Less? Why Savings Rate is King
LICs vs ETFs (Index Funds) – Which is the Better Investment?
Peer-to-Peer Lending: Become Your Own Bank!
Investing for Early Retirement
Lazy Loot? Put Your Savings to Work
Compound Interest: Your New Best Friend
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