Top Finance Writers’ Money Tips for Your Peak Earning Years

Your 40s and 50s, your peak earning years, are when financial decisions can make or break your financial freedom dreams.

Top Finance Writers’ Money Tips for Your Peak Earning Years

First up, Charlie Brown, whose Medium profile says, “11x top writer. Traded a wine career for writing. Expect entrepreneurship, minimalism, finance + personal development.”

Introducing the Panel

Second, Ben Le Fort, economist and personal finance writer and enthusiast, whose Medium profile reads, “Making of a Millionaire editor | Personal finance writer | Author of ‘The Financial Freedom Equation’.”

Third, Jason Clendenen, who works full time, but makes his real money from a residential real estate portfolio. His Medium tagline reads “Self-taught investor helping busy professionals learn how to ignore mainstream advice and build real wealth. Build your ark today!”

Finally, yours truly, full-time consultant, part-time financial strategist, with several other income streams including residential and office real estate.

Don’t allow your higher income to drive your spending higher (a.k.a. lifestyle inflation), and most especially don’t try to “keep up with the Joneses”

Our Top Money Tips for Your Peak Earning Years

"Make retirement planning your #1 priority. [You’re] entering crunch time and have limited number of years to leverage compounded returns.”

Between the four of us, we advise people in their peak earning years to be reasonably frugal, but not to such an extent that they put off enjoying their life. We emphasize the importance of planning and investing for retirement, as well as buying a (reasonably priced) home, and educating themselves about investing for appreciation and for generating cash flow.

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