Wednesday is all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the five stages of financial independence.
Quote of the Day
"Retirement is a financial change, an emotional change, and a structural change. It’s an everything change. It’s entering into a phase of life that we don’t talk about much in a realistic way."
(Michelle Pannor Silver)
Love and money
- Communication is key to a successful money marriage. (thesimpledollar.com)
- Time and people: that's all that matters. (humbledollar.com)
- How to conduct a money review with your significant other. (radreads.co)
Housing
- Owning a home is a lot of different things, but it should not be expected to make you rich. (moneymaven.io)
- How much an additional bedroom adds to a house's value. (priceonomics.com)
Retirement
- There is a ton of uncertainty in retirement spending estimates. (rivershedge.blogspot.com)
- The case for having a dog in retirement. (humbledollar.com)
Investing
- Should women invest differently than men? (thesimpledollar.com)
- How to benchmark your portfolio. (morningstar.com)
Stuff
- The price of something is not what it costs to bring it in the door. (thesimpledollar.com)
- Get rid of your stuff before someone else has to do it. (humbledollar.com)
Planning
- Don't fall for the fallacy of complexity when it comes to putting a financial plan together. (castlebaram.com)
- At some point you need to stop reading and starting doing (something about your money). (thesimpledollar.com)
- How to approach your 401(k) plan when you don't have all the information. (humbledollar.com)
- Cool story of an NFL player teaching a college course on financial literacy. (wsj.com)
Personal finance
- Three steps to take if you lose your job in your 50's. (petetheplanner.com)
- 15 stories of how people spent (or not) financial windfalls. (topic.com)
- Why you should have at least two different credit cards. (thesimpledollar.com)
- What to do when your mortgage servicer changes. (thebasispoint.com)
- Eight factors to help lower your car insurance rates. (thesimpledollar.com)
- Six fast facts about 529 plans. (morningstar.com)
