Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the calculations behind Roth IRA conversions.
Quote of the Day
"If you want to do something; write a book, create a business, work for a different company, and so forth — two things are important other than luck: Start, and keep going."
(Darius Foroux)
Podcasts
- Daniel Crosby talks with Nick Maggiulli about his book "Just Keep Buying." (standarddeviationspod.com)
- Peter Lazaroff talks with Brian Feroldi author of "Why Does The Stock Market Go Up?: Everything You Should Have Been Taught About Investing In School, But Weren’t." (peterlazaroff.com)
Estate planning
- Why you need an estate plan. (thomaskopelman.com)
- Where you hold assets affects your ability to do bequests. (obliviousinvestor.com)
Bear markets
- Tony Isola, "Non-attachment makes a bear market a bit more tolerable." (tonyisola.com)
- There are valid reasons for selling stocks in a bear market. (humbledollar.com)
- What should you do with a lump sum in a bear market? (awealthofcommonsense.com)
Personal finance
- Why investors need to consciously focus on the long term. (wealthfoundme.com)
- Things to consider when hiring a financial advisor. (whitecoatinvestor.com)
- On the lifecycle of an individual investor. (eightyfour.substack.com)
- Five things to do with leftover 529 account funds. (morningstar.com)
- Much of medical debt is being removed from credit reports. (wsj.com)
- How a HECM mortgage works. (humbledollar.com)
- How net worth differs across states. (visualcapitalist.com)