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Austin Morgan has lived in Fukui, Japan since July 2009 and teaches English through the JET Program. He runs the personal finance site, Foreigner's Finances where he writes about money for twenty-somethings, chronicles his adventures with the yen, and explores different ways to tackle the post-college life. In his free time he enjoys a good cheap wine, playing a little frisbee, and dreaming about owning a boat and living in a warm-weather climate.Feel free to contact him: austin @ foreignersfinances.com

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Cancel the Noise and Start Saving for Retirement

By Austin on June 15th 2010 in Personal Finance 14 comments

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For almost 2 years I’ve been paying attention to my money and trying to better my financial situation. For almost 8 months I’ve been writing about personal finance.

Still, the word asset allocation scares the crap out of me and if you asked me to explain the makeup of an aggressively allocated portfolio, I would fail miserably. I’m 23 and don’t care about predicting market trends, hot stocks, and government bonds.

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