Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at why ‘living paycheck to paycheck’ means different things to different people.
Quote of the Day
"Making more money when you’re already making enough doesn’t provide additional happiness. At least not real happiness."
(Michael Batnick)
Podcasts
- Christine Benz and Jeff Ptak talk with Jason Zweig about the importance of investor temperament. (morningstar.com)
- Rick Ferri talks with Ron Lieber about his book "The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Roadmap for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make." (bogleheads.podbean.com)
- Martin Bamford talks funded contentment with Brian Portnoy and Neil Bage. (icradio.co.uk)
- Daniel Crosby talks with Jeff Kreisler about how he uses humor to help describe money. (standarddeviationspod.com)
Taxes
- How Peter Thiel's billion dollar IRA could kick off a backlash. (wsj.com)
- The story behind the monthly child tax credit payments. (thomaskopelman.com)
Housing
- Your view of the housing market depends on whether you are buying or selling. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Starter homes are increasingly hard to find. (wsj.com)
- Buying a second home is always a dicey proposition, especially when prices are surging. (bloomberg.com)
Guidelines
- Morgan Housel, "Getting rich and staying rich are different things that require different skills." (collaborativefund.com)
- Six guidelines to getting better with money including 'follow your interests.' (mr-stingy.com)
- Ten simple rules for investing success including 'leverage kills.' (ritholtz.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- The future is promised to no one - on balancing the present and future. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Why 'following your passion' is bad career advise. (abnormalreturns.com)
Planning
- "The biggest value to tracking your net worth is in the clarity it provides." (impersonalfinances.com)
- You have an asset allocation, and a budget but do you have a savings plan? (awealthofcommonsense.com)
Personal finance
- Being debt-free provides you with a lot of non-financial psychological benefits. (alephblog.com)
- There is a big difference between 'more' and 'enough.' (tfp-fp.com)
- How to reduce the risk of financial fraud. (humbledollar.com)
- A first take on FIRE a few months in: all good. (monevator.com)
- On the benefits of slowing down. (nesslabs.com)
- It's okay to ask for help. (humbledollar.com)
