Journal Club 01-26-24

Here's Journal Club 01-26-24! Every week, I hold a JOURNAL CLUB. After filtering through the articles on the web, I present a few that impacted my life this week. Be safe and stay well!

• The current state of the real estate market offers both challenges and opportunities for investors. With rising interest rates and fluctuating real estate values, the Physician on FIRE explores private real estate debt as a compelling investment opportunity for accredited investors. Curious to learn more? The author discusses valuable investment strategies in the article – How Real Estate Debt Can Help Build Alternative, Passive Income In This Market.

• High-income earners aiming for a comfortable retirement need to pay close attention to long-term decisions that can cause financial missteps during retirement. The Financial Success MD draws on personal experience to highlight financial discipline to enhance the post-retirement quality of life, and the author shares key pointers in the post – These Seven Mistakes Could Spoil a Great Retirement.

• Did you know that living in a house for more than two years can lead to substantial tax-free gains, resulting in a remarkable return on investment? On that note, the Investing Doc shares lessons from a personal investment story involving strategic decision-making that acknowledges the nuances of the market condition for creating intelligent investment decisions for the future in the article – Selling My House And Taking $500k In Tax Free Gains.

• The small-cap stocks have experienced greater volatility and multiple downturns in the past decade. However, per the author of A Wealth of Common Sense, there is a silver lining to this scenario. The author pinpoints the opportunity for dollar-cost averaging into small caps during market corrections and advocates a measured investment approach to mitigate risk and maintain a diversified portfolio in the post – This is a Wonderful Market for Dollar Cost Averaging.

Read any interesting articles? We'd love it if you could please take a moment to share them in the comments below!

Thank you for reading and sharing,

Peter