Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at ways to mitigate sequence of returns risk.
Quote of the Day
"Running a simple portfolio is indeed simple. But financial planning involves a lot more than just running a portfolio."
(Mike Piper)
Chart of the Day

Interest rates are on the rise, but banks are not raising rates on savings accounts.
Housing
- The flip side of a hot housing market: a profit windfall. (humbledollar.com)
- Rising home prices put more people at-risk of paying capital gains taxes. (nytimes.com)
- There are some definite upsides to renting and not buying a house. (whitecoatinvestor.com)
- Not everybody downsizes their home in retirement. (wsj.com)
Retirement
- Why you should consider a gradual retirement model. (humbledollar.com)
- A phased retirement plan requires some planning. (wsj.com)
- Retirement planning isn't just financial. (rogersplanning.blogspot.com)
- Why it makes sense to take test run before retiring. (evidenceinvestor.com)
Investing
- Why individual investors don't need to trade options. (elmwealth.com)
- Stock market games teach students the wrong lessons. (wsj.com)
- Why investors should embrace mediocrity. (tonyisola.com)
- Fidelity tops the Barron's list of the best online brokers for 2022. (barrons.com)
Personal finance
- What status game are you playing? (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- You need to simultaneously take care of your future self and present self. (physicianonfire.com)
- On the difference between a fee and a fine. (thriveglobal.com)
- Why so many adults are still on their parents' phone plans. (wsj.com)
- Health insurance is only getting more complicated. (humbledollar.com)
- Please don't die without a will. (nextavenue.org)