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The 40-Year Cost of a 1% Advisor Fee vs. a 0.15% Index Fund Fee on $500,000
Start with the same $500,000, the same gross return, and the same 40-year horizon. The only difference between the two […]
The Composition Notebook Shirt: A Costume That Argues With the Word ‘Composition’
The first thing I notice on the Composition Notebook Costume Teacher Group Halloween shirt is not the ghost. It is […]
The ‘I Had Potential’ Shirt: A Physics Diagram That Argues With Its Own Caption
Across the top of the shirt, in white capital letters, sit three words: I HAD POTENTIAL. Below them is a […]
The ‘Let’s Root For Each Other’ Shirt: Two Meanings of Rooting, and the One the Artwork Actually Argues For
Four root vegetables sit in a row, each with a face: a carrot, a radish, a beet, and an onion. […]
What Happens When You Reinvest Dividends vs. Take Them as Cash: A $100,000 Portfolio Over 25 Years
Two people own the same $100,000 portfolio. Same fund, same expense ratio, same dividend yield, same price return. The only […]
The Large, Bold, Lowercase ‘meh.’ Shirt: When the Typography Argues With the Word
The native garment preview shows four characters and a period: meh. They are lowercase, set in a heavy bold weight, […]
The ‘Not Friendly Do Not Touch’ Shirt: A Boundary Written in Warning-Sign Grammar
Editorial note: This publication and Quirky Cotton Collective share an owner, so treat this as a disclosed look at one […]
Investing a $12,000 Windfall All at Once vs. $1,000 a Month for a Year: The 20-Year Outcome of Lump Sum vs. Dollar-Cost Averaging
You have $12,000 from a bonus, an inheritance, or a settlement. You are 35. You plan to leave the money […]
The Small Lowercase ‘meh.’ Shirt: Why Understatement Is the Whole Design
There is a period at the end of the word on this shirt. That is the first thing I noticed […]
The Composition Notebook Shirt: A Costume That Reads as a Writing Surface
The garment image shows a rectangle of black-and-white speckled paper, a dark binding strip running down the left edge, and […]