GoCurry Cracker welcomes newborn Jaiden to the family.

“The healthcare system in Taiwan is incredibly efficient and well run – we paid our complete and final bill as we checked out of the hospital.

Total cost: 142,480 TWD ($4,842 USD.) With a natural birth it would have been $1,700-$2,000 lower. (About $20,000 discount to the US?)”

“The 32.9% GDP plunge in the second quarter overstates the severity of the recession quite a bit,” according to Early Retirement Now.

“Even though the 2020 recession spanned two quarters, Q1 and Q2, if we look at the economy at a monthly frequency, the drop in economic activity was concentrated in March and April only. January and February still saw solid growth and thus were still considered part of the longest economic expansion on record.”

From an email to supporters: “Netflix passed on Playing with FIRE”, the documentary about the financial independence movement.

“After 3 years of hard work, long hours, putting our personal journey on screen for everyone to see, we missed on our ultimate goal.”

Sam Dogen: “For those of you without cushy pensions, I’m sorry folks. The 4 percent rule is outdated. It is now unwise to follow the 4 percent rule as a proper safe withdrawal rate in retirement.”

“Thanks to a steady decline in interest rates, 4 percent rule from 1998 has declined by over 85%. In other words, we should change the name of the 4 percent rule to the 0.5 percent rule.”

Today, Warren Buffett celebrates his 90th birthday.

He accumulated nearly 90% of his wealth after the age of 65, according to the Wall Street Journal.