Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the decline in financial skills as we age.
Quote of the Day
"Frugality and saving-money strategies will help you pay your rent and get rid of your debt, but they won’t make you wealthy."
(Trent Hamm)
Retirement finances
- How the pandemic has uniquely affected those nearing retirement. (wsj.com)
- Hedging inflation in retirement involves some significant tradeoffs. (alephblog.com)
- Easy retirement account withdrawals risk not having enough when it comes for the real thing. (tonyisola.com)
- Taxes don't go away in retirement. How to think about the impact of state and local taxes in retirement. (morningstar.com)
Life in retirement
- Andrew Scott and Lynda Gratton, “The real reason you can’t teach an old dog new tricks is not because the dog has become old, but because it has not continually learnt new tricks.” (ft.com)
- Lessons learned from two years in retirement including "change in constant." (theretirementmanifesto.com)
- Why you want to have your health in good shape to enjoy your retirement. (humbledollar.com)
- Volunteering is good for your health in retirement. (bigthink.com)
Robo-advisers
- What Vanguard is trying to achieve with its new-ish Digital Advisor robo-advice platform. (wsj.com)
- Robo-advisors, 101. (getrichslowly.org)
Investing
- Why cash on the sidelines is the worst dilemma in investing. (blairbellecurve.com)
- Four big portfolio implications if rates stay lower, indefinitely. (humbledollar.com)
- How to tell if its a good time to rebalance your portfolio. (morningstar.com)
Personal finance
- Older workers are on average more able to work from home but are at a higher risk of getting laid off. (ft.com)
- Now is as good a time as any to think through different financial shocks that could hit you. (humbledollar.com)
- You can't talk about financial independence without talking about spending. (rationalwalk.com)
- Buying a house costs a lot of money. Then the ongoing expenses kick in. (humbledollar.com)
- There's never a bad time to becoming financially literate. (bonefidewealth.com)
