Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at how to make money discussions less stressful.
Quote of the Day
"Staying in a home “for as long as possible” isn’t a good plan."
(Craig Stephens)
Chart of the Day
The longer you plan on living the more valuable delaying Social Security payments is.
Podcasts
- Sam Dogen talks fear with Farnoosh Torabi author of "A Healthy State of Panic: Follow Your Fears to Build Wealth, Crush Your Career, and Win at Life." (sites.libsyn.com)
- Dan Haylett talks with Hal Hershfield author of "Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today." (humansvsretirement.com)
- Jon Luskin talks with Steve Chen about DIY retirement planning tools. (bogleheads.podbean.com)
- Peter Dunn on whether it is dishonest to have two financial advisors. (petetheplanner.com)
- Morgan Housel on the differences between respect and admiration. (open.spotify.com)
Retirement
- Assessing life one year into retirement. (mutualfundobserver.com)
- How to make up for a late start saving for retirement. (humbledollar.com)
- Why spending money in retirement can be so difficult. (forbes.com)
- Why you may want to ditch your target-date funds in retirement. (theretirementmanifesto.com)
- Retirees increasingly need to take climate change into account when it comes to deciding where to live. (nextavenue.org)
- Don't retire from work without a plan. (tonyisola.com)
Mortgages
- How to compare the return on bonds vs. your mortgage. (obliviousinvestor.com)
- Should I invest or pay off my mortgage? (kindnessfp.com)
- How your credit scores affect the mortgage process. (humbledollar.com)
Personal finance
- There are three types of jobs. Which one do you have? (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Questions to ask to help avoid an investment scam. (dariusforoux.com)
- "One reason financial independence is so important is that it makes it much easier to disassociate from toxic people." (rationalwalk.com)
- Despite the best decision making, things can still go wrong. (humbledollar.com)
- What is the difference between FASFA and CSS, and who needs to worry about it. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- What does wealth look like to you? (thomaskopelman.com)
- Why everybody needs a 'life file.' (bestinterest.blog)
