Wednesday is all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at how to tell if you are getting bad financial advice.
Savings
- Crash dieting doesn't work for savers either. (nerdwallet.com)
- Can you use an app to automate your savings? (wsj.com)
- Technology makes buying easier: why you need to take a deep breath first. (aaii.com)
Investing
- Why set it and forget it works when investing. (rickferri.com)
- Investors' goals and desires are often out of synch. (wsj.com)
- Why do typical mutual fund investors do so badly? (nytimes.com)
Social security
- Social Security benefits are really complicated. (financial-math.org)
- Social security benefits in large part on timing. (vanguardblog.com)
Robo-advisors
- McKinsey thinks the whole robo-advisor space is overhyped. (riabiz.com)
- Why robo-advisor is the perfect term. (fppad.com)
Personnal finance
- When it comes to your finances ask whether "you really need it"? (nytimes.com)
- Why changing financial advisors is so difficult in practice. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Why don't more companies offer Roth 401(k) plans? (bloomberg.com)
- Financial education has been proven not to work. (marketwatch.com)
- Why you need an emergency fund. (alephblog.com)
- Why business owners need disability insurance. (wsj.com)
- When (and when not) to have a money conversation. (nytimes.com)
