Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at what real life planning looks like.
Quote of the Day
"The most valuable personal finance asset is not needing to impress anyone."
(Morgan Housel)
Home ownership
- How to make the math behind home ownership work (or not). (morningstar.com)
- What happened in 1990 to drive real housing prices higher? (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Some 40% of under-30-year-old home buyers get help from their family. (redfin.com)
Investing
- Jeffrey K. Actor, "It’s incredibly easy to underperform by chasing dreams." (humbledollar.com)
- Trying to make up for past investing mistakes by taking on more risk is dangerous. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- How Morgan Housel invests his portfolio. (etf.com)
- How to invest a large lump sum. (peterlazaroff.com)
- Direct indexing isn't for everyone. (etf.com)
Taxes
- It's time, once again, to start thinking about how to shrink an estate. (humbledollar.com)
- How to calculated the real, after-tax returns on cash. (humbledollar.com)
Planning
- The 'never-ending then' is an ongoing problem. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- Some examples where personal finance is more personal than finance. (thomaskopelman.com)
Personal finance
- For whom are immediate annuities appropriate? (morningstar.com)
- There is no single answer on Social Security claiming. (financialducksinarow.com)
- Work is better when you don't need it. (humbledollar.com)
- How couples can best use a 'money date.' (wsj.com)
- Does tap-to-pay make spending money too easy? (vox.com)
- Choose carefully what you read. (tonyisola.com)
- Everyone has a right to be heard. (contessacapitaladvisors.com)
