Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at a financial checklist for the newly married.
Quote of the Day
"Even as we manage our money as though we’ll one day be age 95 or 100, we should also behave as though the next bus has our name on it."
(Jonathan Clements)
Advisers
- Are rich people better investors? Probably not, but they do get help. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
- Why hiring a fiduciary financial advisor isn't sufficient. (advisorperspectives.com)
Financial wellness
- U.S. households are in pretty good shape financially, post-pandemic. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Have you taken this financial well-being quiz? (evidenceinvestor.com)
- 25 states have introduced personal finance education legislation. (cnbc.com)
- Some emergency fund basics. (thomaskopelman.com)
Early retirement
- How early wealth can be a disincentive. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- Early retirement can leave a void in your new life. (leisurefreak.com)
Retirement accounts
- What should you do with your old 401(k) account(s)? (bloomberg.com)
- The challenge of RMDs is back. (humbledollar.com)
Personal finance
- Five assumptions on which to base your financial life including 'Bad things will happen to us.' (humbledollar.com)
- Some advice from Dave Ramsey you can safely ignore. (asuccessfullife.medium.com)
- How to choose the right type of mortgage. (peterlazaroff.com)
- Series I savings bonds are somewhat overrated. (humbledollar.com)
- A look under the hood of the Vanguard Charitable Fund. (morningstar.com)
- Travel is coming back. Will travel reward credit cards come back? (awealthofcommonsense.com)