Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look the one thing you should NOT do in retirement.
Quote of the Day
"Personal finance > investing, at all income levels, because a good saver who doesn’t invest will be fine but a great investor mired in debt and overspending can be wiped out."
(Morgan Housel)
Retirement
- You can't have a productive retirement without good health. (humbledollar.com)
- Why Social Security is a "good deal" for Americans in retirement. (marketwatch.com)
- What athletes can learn about retirement from Andrew Luck (and others). (nytimes.com)
- What America can learn about retirement from Japan, Australia and Sweden. (barrons.com)
Family
- No matter how you slice it, the cost of having a child has increased. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- Combining finances is an emotionally charged issue. (wsj.com)
Spending
- Streaming services are going to become a bigger cost for consumers. (wsj.com)
- Americans are snapping up high fee, high perk credit cards. (bloomberg.com)
Investing
- How to tell a real financial expert from a fake one. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- How indexed annuities are like timeshares. (tonyisola.com)
Personal finance
- State taxes are playing a bigger role in where people choose to live. (wsj.com)
- Seven things to keep in mind when putting together a comprehensive estate plan. (retirementfieldguide.com)
- How present bias can prevent individuals from paying enough attention to the future. (morningstar.com)
- How writing stuff down can be an effective tool in your personal finances. (marketwatch.com)
- Focus on the FI in FIRE. (humbledollar.com)
- How to carve out big blocks of uninterrupted leisure time. (thesimpledollar.com)
