Wednesday is all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the many ways to get the rent vs. buy calculation wrong.
Retirement
- Don't retire without some sort of plan on how you are going to spend your time. (retirementfieldguide.com)
- There's nothing wrong with asking for help in retirement. (thefinancebuff.com)
- Three reasons why working past your retirement age makes sense. (humbledollar.com)
- What would the US retirement system look like if you started from scratch? (wsj.com)
Spending
- Celebrities keep having to learn the lesson that spending all the money you make leads to ruin. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- A good rule of thumb: spend your money where you spend your time. (nytimes.com)
- How the wedding industrial complex pushes Americans to spend too much on a wedding. (theatlantic.com)
Rules of thumb
- The rules around personal finance don't have to be complicated. (moneymaven.io)
- How many unique personal finance stories are there really? (abnormalreturns.com)
Personal finance
- What Britney Spears can teach us about financial independence. (theescapeartist.me)
- Tax loss harvesting doesn't have to be a December-only exercise. (independenceadvisors.com)
- Social Security scams are on the rise. (kiplinger.com)
- Why more Americans are choosing to not move in retirement. (humbledollar.com)
- Turning 50? Congratulations, you can now make catch-up retirement contributions. (blairbellecurve.com)
- Are parents putting too much pressure on themselves to save for college? (forbes.com)