Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at what Americans think about aging.
Quote of the Day
"Modern finance has become dehumanized. Our net worth shouldn’t determine our self-worth."
(Tony Isola)
Podcasts
- Peter Lazaroff talks year-end equity comp issues with John Owens, Managing Partner at Brooklyn Fi. (peterlazaroff.com)
- Matt Zeigler and Justin Carbonneau talk with Bill Bengen, author of "A Richer Retirement: Supercharging the 4% Rule to Spend More and Enjoy More." (youtube.com)
Retirement
- Retirement is more a sprint than you think. (theretirementmanifesto.com)
- When a natural disaster disrupts your retirement. (wsj.com)
- How to tap home equity in retirement. (corporate.vanguard.com)
- How to do a big Roth IRA conversion. (wsj.com)
Housing
- Would a 50-year mortgage actually move the needle on affordability? (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Some panicked Covid-era home purchases didn't turn out all that well. (nytimes.com)
Stuff
- Read this before signing a self-storage unit contract. (slate.com)
- The great wealth transfer also includes a lot of stuff. (abnormalreturns.com)
Investing
- Why asset location matters. (morningstar.com)
- Private equity is both illiquid and complex. (humbledollar.com)
- Freedom, democracy and long term returns. (abnormalreturns.com)
Personal finance
- How to reverse lifestyle creep. (whitecoatinvestor.com)
- Social Security claiming is filled with contradictions. (humbledollar.com)
- Financial literacy is necessary, but not sufficient, to help close the wealth gap. (economist.com)
- Credit card rewards points as a spending hack. (ritholtz.com)
- You never know when you are going to do something for the last time. (rootofall.substack.com)
- You can have too much optionality in life. (tim.signaturefd.com)
- Diversification in all things. (meaningfulmoney.life)
