Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at why it is important to talk to your children about money.
Quote of the Day
"People love stuff. When people get stuff, they need more stuff for their stuff. It’s a vicious, never ending cycle. The lyrics are different but the melodies are the same."
(Joseph Wells)
Podcasts
- Jeff Ptak and Christine Benz talk with John Rekenthaler about retirement withdrawal strategies. (morningstar.com)
- Joy Coyne talks with Brian Portnoy about the disciplined 'pursuit of enough.' (open.spotify.com)
- Peter Dunn talks with Joe Saul-Sehy of the Stacking Benjamins podcast and author of “STACKED: Your Super‑Serious Guide to Modern Money.” (petetheplanner.com)
College
- Tony Isola, "Majors and skills, it seems, count for more than attendance at a brand-name school." (humbledollar.com)
- The student loan machine is starting back up: what you need to know. (nytimes.com)
- College is on average still a good investment. (getrichslowly.org)
Investing
- 50 laws of investing including "Compounding cuts both ways: costs compound as well as returns." (evidenceinvestor.com)
- Some healthy behaviors that also help you withstand market panic. (tonyisola.com)
- You can control your goals and behavior, but not the stock market. (safalniveshak.com)
- Saving and investing is always a balancing act between today and the future. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
Crises
- Sometimes it takes a scare to get us to organize our finances. (humbledollar.com)
- Don't let a personal crisis go to waste. (theretirementmanifesto.com)
Personal finance
- Six things people should do in 2022 including 'talk more about their finances.' (barrons.com)
- We are all human and make mistakes. Five steps to explore your financial life. (incognitomoneyscribe.com)
- The very wealthy can be 'attention poor.' (radreads.co)
- Why it's easy to abuse BNPL services. (humbledollar.com)
- Friends are buying homes together. What could go wrong? (nbcnews.com)
- Ancient wisdom trumps today's tweets. (tonyisola.com)