The Mail Bag features my response to questions readers send me through the site, comments, Facebook messages, and other avenues.
How Many People Earn More than $1,000,000 Per Year In the United States? This mail bag question deals with a sub-specialty of the top 1%; those earning more than $1,000,000 per year, or $83,333 per month, often in the form of dividends, interest, and rents. How many people earn more than $1 million a year…
Today’s mail bag focuses on strategy, decision trees, and reverse engineering problems. Dear Mr.Kennon, I’ve been reading your blog for quite some time and i find it very useful in terms of business and finance knowledge. I’m looking to start a business.I’ve read one of your mail bag responses, the one about taking a small…
This mail bag question has to do with marriage and figuring out the answer to the oft-posed question, “When is the best age to get married?” … Dear Mr. Kennon, Your writing has helped me so much since I first found it. My question isn’t exactly related to money or investing but I want to…
This is a great way to start the day … one of the reasons I love writing this blog. Joshua, [In American Households Continue to Deleverage But That Only Tells Part of the Story, you wrote] “The numbers are just figures on a sheet trying to explain human behavior. Study the behavior, what is driving…
The best message I received all day in the usual flood of reader submissions … Hello Mr. Kennon, I am 24 yr old who has saved/invested incessantly since I was 18, and my portfolio just recently breached 6 digits! I have always had a similar mindset to you when it comes to the future value…
Today’s mail bag question deals with the ethics of the mental model called assortative mating. This refers to the phenomenon whereby individuals choose to engage in relationships with others who are like themselves (positive assortative mating) or dissimilar (negative assortative mating). There are strong economic arguments that the perceived rise in income inequality is due to assortative…
Tonight, I’m answering one of the most insightful Mail Bag questions I’ve ever received: Do I have any regrets?
This might be one of the oddest questions I’ve ever received … Dear Mr. Kennon, After your recent Walt Disney World vacation and the posts showing your travels, which of the Princesses is your favorite? Nati38c Unexpected question. I’ve never really thought or cared about the topic but, okay, if I had to choose, I…
Most of the mail bag questions come from letters submitted through the contact form, on Facebook, through About.com, etc. But every once in awhile, I’ll elevate a question submitted in the comments section of an article to a mail bag post if I think the response might be useful to others, rather than just the…
You all just love writing me about this topic, don’t you? Wow. Okay. I’m going to use it as a way to explain how I process business strategy and investing decisions, too, though because, frankly, that is what I’m in the mood to talk about right now and I can introduce you to the idea…
