Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at how some wealthy families avoid the trappings of wealth.
Quote of the Day
"Don’t waste precious time worrying about your investments."
(Tony Isola)
Aging
- Five lessons from getting older including 'Change gets old.' (humbledollar.com)
- The pursuit of the 'new things' eventually loses its glow. (gothamgal.com)
- Don't let inertia keep you from learning something new (and useful). (abnormalreturns.com)
Investing
- Why avoiding investment fads is so difficult. (bestinterest.blog)
- Making the case for Series I Savings Bonds. (morningstar.com)
- Your investing should be boring. (vox.com)
Housing
- Why the housing market isn't a bubble ready to pop. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- A long term look at UK home prices. (monevator.com)
- HELOCs, 101. (genyplanning.com)
Decades
- Stuff to do in your 20's that don't have to do with investing. (thomaskopelman.com)
- Things to do in your 30's including 'Get out of debt.' (thomaskopelman.com)
- How to invest in your 50's when earnings are at or near their peak. (peterlazaroff.com)
Family
- The ability to talk with a partner about money is a superpower. (getrichslowly.org)
- Some steps to help prevent elder financial abuse. (humbledollar.com)
- Couples are struggling with merging their online accounts. (washingtonpost.com)
- On the opportunity to fund a child's Roth IRA. (humbledollar.com)
- My Q&A with Eric Barker author of “Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong.” (abnormalreturns.com)
Personal finance
- Ben Carlson, "Every financial plan should build in the potential for the occasional mistake." (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- 'Dying with zero' is a worthy goal, that is difficult to accomplish in practice. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- 15 reasons you may regret an RV in retirement. (kiplinger.com)
- An example of putting an emergency fund into action. (whitecoatinvestor.com)
- How to use in-kind distributions for RMDs. (morningstar.com)
- Why we underestimate longevity risk. (humbledollar.com)
