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The Happy Loner: Not Fitting In Is Exactly Where Your Freedom Begins
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The Happy Loner: Not Fitting In Is Exactly Where Your Freedom Begins
An expatriate describes how pessimistic comments from relatives during visits to Taiwan once affected her confidence. The speaker responds on psychological independence, quiet living, and long-term index investing.
3:41
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Even the Gods Can't Save the Doomed: 90% of Life Is Already Fated — You Can Only Save Those Willing to Wake Up
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Even the Gods Can't Save the Doomed: 90% of Life Is Already Fated — You Can Only Save Those Willing to Wake Up
A writer asks whether people who reach 60 without assets still have opportunities and why some reject ambitious financial goals. The speaker responds with his personal framework of circumstances and luck.
5:27
00527
An Engineer's Reboot at 65: From Trapped in Hon Hai to the Fresh Flow of Index Investing — a Long-Overdue Financial Turnaround
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An Engineer's Reboot at 65: From Trapped in Hon Hai to the Fresh Flow of Index Investing — a Long-Overdue Financial Turnaround
A 65-year-old engineer earning about NT$1.12 million considers working until 70 and borrowing NT$8 million to invest. The response examines payments, retirement benefits, Hon Hai stock, and a 70/30 allocation.
4:14
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The Highest Form of Investing: Get Rich Through Boredom, Stand Firm Through Risk
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The Highest Form of Investing: Get Rich Through Boredom, Stand Firm Through Risk
The video describes long-term investing as a low-activity process and presents three rules for securities-backed borrowing: cash above 30%, beta no higher than 1.0, and limits on leveraged positions.
2:20
00526
A 59 Million Road to Freedom: From 0050 to 00662, a Pre-Retirement Asset Rebuild Plan
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A 59 Million Road to Freedom: From 0050 to 00662, a Pre-Retirement Asset Rebuild Plan
A Taiwan-based writer with nearly 59 million in assets plans to retire in five years. The speaker discusses a 2% withdrawal estimate, mortgage and securities-backed borrowing, and an ETF transition.
3:24
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The Elevator Is Broken — Stop Waiting: The Moment of Decision from 0050 to 00662
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The Elevator Is Broken — Stop Waiting: The Moment of Decision from 0050 to 00662
After selling 246 units of 00687B, a technology worker still holds 25 units of 0050 and asks whether to wait for a recovery before moving to 00662. The response also presents a 70/30 allocation.
3:35
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True Freedom: Waking Up from the "Culture of Suffering" and Escaping the Trap of Society's Judgment
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True Freedom: Waking Up from the "Culture of Suffering" and Escaping the Trap of Society's Judgment
A student reflects on social pressure to treat hardship as virtue and comfort as weakness. The speaker responds through his retirement experience and his views on financial freedom and independence from others' opinions.
2:43
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Making Peace with My Mother's Life: From a Poor Childhood to the Pursuit of Financial Freedom
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Making Peace with My Mother's Life: From a Poor Childhood to the Pursuit of Financial Freedom
After her mother's death, a writer revisits a childhood of rural poverty, interrupted education, decades of disability and family caregiving, investment losses, and guilt about not providing enough companionship.
11:22
00525
Borrowing Wisely in a High-Rate Era: PAL or HELOC — How Do You Choose?
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Borrowing Wisely in a High-Rate Era: PAL or HELOC — How Do You Choose?
A high-income couple has a PAL limit near US$600,000 at about 5.8%, plans to borrow US$20,000 yearly for taxes, and considers a US$400,000 HELOC for living costs. The speaker compares debt and cash reserves.
4:34
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I Finally Got My Money Back: A Mother's Love, Letting Go, and the Line You Don't Cross in Investing
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I Finally Got My Money Back: A Mother's Love, Letting Go, and the Line You Don't Cross in Investing
After discovering that her adult son lost US$400,000 in two years of day trading, a mother withdraws most QQQ from their joint account and stops providing additional investment capital.
4:30
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Will Buying a House Ruin My Retirement Dream? A 50-Year-Old Homemaker's 20 Million Asset Dilemma
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Will Buying a House Ruin My Retirement Dream? A 50-Year-Old Homemaker's 20 Million Asset Dilemma
A homemaker in her fifties has about NT$20 million, mainly in 00662 and 00757, and considers borrowing a NT$2 million down payment for a NT$9 million apartment. The speaker objects on retirement cash-flow grounds.
2:33
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The Highest Form of Investing: Get Rich Through Boredom, Stand Firm Through Risk — The Ultimate Life Lesson, from Securities-Backed Loans to Allocation
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The Highest Form of Investing: Get Rich Through Boredom, Stand Firm Through Risk — The Ultimate Life Lesson, from Securities-Backed Loans to Allocation
The video favors low-frequency investing and annual rebalancing, then sets initial cash, beta, and leveraged-fund limits for pledged borrowing and distinguishes working from retired investors.
3:13