Wednesday is all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at some thoughts on moving in retirement.
Robo-advisors
- Five free robo-advisors to check out. (roboadvisorpros.com)
- Robo-advisors continue to expand their financial planning tools. (investmentnews.com)
- Blackrock ($BLK) has invested in Acorns. (wsj.com)
Advisors
- Be way when your financial advisor accepts an invitation to a plush "due diligence" conference. (blogs.wsj.com)
- Financial advisors are a stressed out bunch. (financial-planning.com)
- "One in eight brokers marketing private placements had three or more red flags on their records..." (wsj.com)
- A good lesson for financial advisors: oftentimes the best action is to do nothing. (safalniveshak.com)
Retirement
- How annuities could help in retirement. (bloomberg.com)
- How to deal with sequence of return risk in retirement. (investmentnews.com)
- Delaying your retirement savings is a big mistake. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- Americans need more help saving for retirement. (humbledollar.com)
Spending
- Outsourcing some unpleasant tasks in your life makes sense, but not all of them. (nytimes.com)
- Your friends have a big effect on how much money you spend. (allaboutyourbenjamins.com)
- On the high costs of homeownership. (getrichslowly.org)
Taxes
- The tax status of investment advisory fees has changed, and not for the better. (wsj.com)
- Now more than ever, donating appreciated securities to charity makes sense. (abnormalreturns.com)
Personal finance
- On the downside of putting your money in a private investment fund. (humbledollar.com)
- How to think about annuities: some good questions. (monevator.com)
- When investing in yourself makes sense. (obliviousinvestor.com)
- Why John of ESI Money bought Rockstar Finance, even though he was already retired. (financialsamurai.com)
- Everyone makes money mistakes: here are this writer's five. (humbledollar.com)
- Six steps to help your adult children get off on the right foot, financially. (humbledollar.com)
- On the many challenges of talking personal finance outside of a professional setting. (peterlazaroff.com)
