Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at why you should travel while you are healthy enough to do it.
Quote of the Day
"We too often spend money like throwing darts without knowing the board’s location."
(Tony Isola)
Retirement
- The 4% Rule is not a 'law of nature.' (humbledollar.com)
- Why the second half of our lives should look different than the first half. (humbledollar.com)
Retirement savings
- Retirement savings are way too complicated for the average American. (humbledollar.com)
- The key differences between the major individual retirement savings account types. (thomaskopelman.com)
A rich life
- Living a rich life is only tangentially related to money. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- How to accumulate 'happiness dividends' through novel experiences. (managingfi.com)
- A scarcity mindset will only get you so far in life. (mr-stingy.com)
News you can use
- The basics of employee stock options. (morningstar.com)
- Some alternatives to Venmo. (washingtonpost.com)
Personal finance
- On the importance of saving early in your career. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- Mucking about with cryptocurrencies is pretty far down the list of financial planning topics. (genyplanning.com)
- The case for more aggressively investing your emergency fund. (trekwealth.com)
- Gen Z gets its money info in a very different way. (money.com)
- How to teach your kids about money: artificial scarcity. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- Every family is unique. So are their finances. (indeedably.com)