Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at whether the personal finance industrial complex is just a ‘scam.’
Quote of the Day
"Many Americans spend their lives spinning like consumption-crazed gerbils on a hedonic treadmill. Looking for happiness in all the wrong shopping malls. What makes Italians different?"
(Tony Isola)
Spending
- How to Marie Kondo your budget. (genyplanning.com)
- Americans are increasingly taking out loans to pay for their weddings. (washingtonpost.com)
- Please don't confuse a luxury with a need: the case of a Tesla ($TSLA). (whitecoatinvestor.com)
Happiness
- How much does money have to do with happiness? (financialsamurai.com)
- Don't push so hard to save that you make yourself unnecessarily miserable. (humbledollar.com)
- You are not the same person you will be in twenty years. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
Utilities
- The math behind cutting the cord is compelling. (silverlightinvest.com)
- How to negotiate your utility bills down. (blog.blackswanltd.com)
Insurance
- How to pay for long-term care. (retirementfieldguide.com)
- Your employer-provided health insurance could soon change: on the introduction of HRAs. (wsj.com)
Personal finance
- Which is harder to implement: financial advice or health advice? (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- The financial services business is built, in part, on complexity. (techcrunch.com)
- Being better with money means having a little bit of room for error. (moneymaven.io)
- If Ponzi scheme victims get their money back, it usually take a long time. (wsj.com)
- The downside of FIRE movement is the whole RE part of it. (fattailedandhappy.com)
- NBA player Luol Deng has built a real estate empire during his playing days. (forbes.com)
- How technology and the sharing economy are changing retirement living options. (barrons.com)
- Parental leave in the US is still messed up. (bonefidewealth.com)
