Eric Piccione

Credit Card Points vs Cash Back: The Honest Answer for Most Families

Points or cash back? An honest comparison for families: the complexity tax, the carried-balance math that decides everything, and the…

2 days ago

Mortgage Escrow Accounts: The Mystery Line Items Explained

Why your mortgage payment changes every year, what escrow actually holds, how shortage letters work, and the two-month cushion rule…

2 days ago

The One-Page Financial Plan: What Goes On It

Your whole financial plan fits on one page: accounts with jobs, automation rules, insurance, three goals, and the next three…

3 days ago

Bitcoin in a Bear Market: What the Sleep Test Actually Tests

Bitcoin has fallen 70-80% from cycle peaks more than once. A sizing exercise that tells you what you can actually…

3 days ago

Crypto Staking and Yield: The Risk Sheet Nobody Prints

Where crypto yield actually comes from, what the 2022 platform failures cost depositors, and the six-question risk sheet to fill…

3 days ago

The Market History Every New Investor Should Skim Once

A century of drawdowns in one table, from -22% in a day to -89% over three years: what crashes do,…

3 days ago

Rebalancing Without Obsessing: When and How

Rebalancing is risk control, not a return strategy. Bands, calendars, and the cash-flow method that rebalances without selling anything.

4 days ago

Index Fund Portfolio in 2026: A Simple Three-Fund Example (Not Advice)

Total US, total international, total bonds: what each piece does, the 60/30/10 cost math, and the honest list of what…

4 days ago

The Freedom Update Ritual: How to Run Your Own Monthly Money Report

Seven lines, one screenshot, same date every month: a copy-paste template for a personal money report that turns chaotic months…

4 days ago

Health Insurance Between Jobs: Bridges That Don’t Bankrupt You

COBRA, marketplace, spouse plan, and the short-term-plan trap: the 60/60/30-day clocks, the decision order, and why going bare is the…

4 days ago

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