Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at how to buffer your financial life against bad luck.
Quote of the Day
"Accepting that living below your means requires suppressing your ego to below your income."
(Morgan Housel)
Planning
- Three ways to plan for a changing world. (humbledollar.com)
- How overcoming passive barriers can lead to significant changes in your financial life. (getrichslowly.org)
- Twelve principles to keep in mind when contemplating taking on debt. (humbledollar.com)
Financial windfalls
- Six things to do if you are blessed with a sudden windfall. (independenceadvisors.com)
- Would a $1 million change what you are doing or simply accelerate it? (thesimpledollar.com)
Investing
- Some things to consider before investing 'excess cash.' (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- How to deal with the issue of too much company stock. (peterlazaroff.com)
- How to analyze potential Opportunity Zone investments. (nytimes.com)
- Don't expect bank deposit rates to keep going up. (wsj.com)
401(k)s
- Is it possible to put too much money into a 401(k) plan? (financialsamurai.com)
- When does a Roth 401(k) make sense? (wsj.com)
Life expectancy
- Why we underestimate our life expectancy. (bunker-riley.com)
- Your life expectancy is longer than you think. (monevator.com)
Personal finance
- Why relying on working through retirement is risky. (nytimes.com)
- Happy marriages require being able to talk about money. (blog.brinkercapital.com)
- How often should you revisit your beneficiary designations? (robertsilvernail.com)
- Seven considerations for your car insurance policy. (thesimpledollar.com)
- If a billionaire offers to pay off your student loans, will you owe tax on it? (washingtonpost.com)
- Teaching the basics of personal finance is now de rigueur on campus. (wsj.com)
