Wednesday is all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at unintended negative consequence of expensive travel team sports.
Quote of the Day
"Once you have a decent low-cost diversified portfolio, you should probably spend your financial planning time on other topics."
(Mike Piper)
Advisors
- Questions you should ask your financial advisor to get comfortable. (allaboutyourbenjamins.com)
- This piece shows that not every advisor works the same way. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Six questions to ask your financial advisor about their fees. (wsj.com)
Robo-advisors
- Robo-advisors are moving up-market. (bloomberg.com)
- Vanguard is growing its presence in Germany by tying up with a robo-advisor, Raisin. (ft.com)
Retirement
- How can we come to care more about our future selves? (humbledollar.com)
- FIRE is ultimately about changing the way people think about money. (humbledollar.com)
- Three ways to increase your portfolio's longevity. (tonyisola.com)
- 'Elder orphans' and their unique needs. (nytimes.com)
Work
- What a really bad 401(k) plan looks like in practice. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- Why anyone with company stock needs to know have all the details. (nytimes.com)
Personal finance
- What does it mean to live a middle class lifestyle today? (financialsamurai.com)
- Some financial advice for someone just entering the real world. (getrichslowly.org)
- Disability is more likely than death: the case for disability insurance. (peterlazaroff.com)
- How big a house do you need to raise your family? (financialsamurai.com)
- How best to keep your online financial accounts under 'lock and key.' (vanguardblog.com)
- It's hard to talk about money: 10 icebreakers about finances. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
