J. L. Collins

3 weeks ago | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

Let’s start with a couple pieces of exciting news, and then I’ll fill you in. First, there is a brand new edition of The Simple Path to Wealth coming to bookstores on May 20th. Second, my pal Pete Adeney, Mr. Money Mustache himself, and I will be doing a live zoom conversation, open to everyone who preorders the book. More on that below. I hope you’ll join!But, it almost didn’t happen.

1 month ago | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

April 7, 2025Deja vu all over againA few short years ago my blog comment section and social media were blowing up. Panic was in the air. The comments were varied, but uniformly convinced this time was different. As a theme, they ran along these lines:“JL, I love your work and have been following The Simple Path with great success. But now the market is crashing and this time is surely different. This time it is a pandemic. This time economies around the world have shut down.

Jan 7, 2025 | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

Got a question? by JL Collins 1 Comment - Updated: January 7, 2025This one is going to be very brief. I’m putting together a FAQ. If you have a question you’ve always wanted to ask, drop it in the comments below. Keep in mind this is for a general FAQThanks! Read Next from JL

Nov 11, 2024 | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

Since last Wednesday, depending on your political leanings, you have been celebrating or in mourning. Or maybe you greeted the news with indifference. Now, as the dust settles, you might be wondering what this all means for your portfolio. Love him or loathe him, Mr. Trump is a disruptive force and Mr. Market hates disruption. Back in November 2015 that was my analysis, and I was sorely tempted to move to cash. Instead, I stuck to my discipline and remained fully invested.

Sep 2, 2024 | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

September. Labor Day. Already. Ah well, it has been a great summer here at Kibanda. This was the year we conclusively decided not to tear it down and build new. If you’ve read the saga you know it was in pretty desperate shape when we bought it back in 2017 and the fallback was always to bring in the bulldozers. We didn’t, opting to fix it up and nurse it along. Then, about three years ago, we began seriously thinking about a new build.