evaluating investments

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6 Reasons I’m Chill with Tariffs Wrecking My Investments

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 Darcy @ We Want Guac 3 Comments evaluating investments, most common bad investment decisions, tariffs

Tariffs suck and they have always sucked. “Tariff” is a synonym for “extra tax,” which I thought Americans were rather

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Mind Over Matter 

Is Having a Career a Bad Investment?

July 19, 2024July 19, 2024 Darcy @ We Want Guac career trajectory, evaluating investments

I finally got around to reading the May NYT article on the FIRE movement. Its title is a clickbaity, pseudo-shaming

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Current Events Investing The Life of Darcy 

Lost $50k On Paper (And I’m Doing Just Fine)

May 19, 2022May 28, 2022 Darcy @ We Want Guac evaluating investments, investing in your 20s, money in your 20s

Early April saw my net worth up within kissing distance of $300k. Today, it’s at $248k. This is my new

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Investing 

Let’s Talk Dividend Stock. WTF Is That and Should I Invest in Them?

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 Darcy @ We Want Guac dividend stock, evaluating investments, investing in your 20s

Fun fact: I own dividend stock. Since I have most of my money invested in index funds, which track the

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Investing 

How to Evaluate the Best Investments Based On Returns

August 23, 2020August 31, 2020 Darcy @ We Want Guac evaluating investments, investing in your 20s

The other day I remembered of some assets I have that would be a great example for evaluating investments. I

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