Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at how to be at ease in retirement.
Quote of the Day
"Card issuers have also increased their annual fees, presumably betting that people will either not notice or not care, and that they will happily trade real money for fake money, or at least the promise of it."
(Ellen Cushing)
The Wealth Ladder
- My Q&A with Nick Maggiulli, author of "The Wealth Ladder: Proven Strategies for Every Step of Your Financial Life." (abnormalreturns.com)
- Christine Benz and Amy Arnott talk with Nick Maggiulli, author of "The Wealth Ladder." (morningstar.com)
- Bogumil Baranowski talks with Nick Maggiulli, author of "The Wealth Ladder." (podcasts.apple.com)
- Peter Lazaroff talks with Nick Maggiulli, author of "The Wealth Ladder." (peterlazaroff.com)
- A review of Nick Maggiulli's new book "The Wealth Ladder: Proven Strategies for Every Step of Your Financial Life." (wsj.com)
Podcasts
- Barry Ritholtz talks the ins and outs of equity compensation with Joey Fishman of Ritholtz Wealth Management. (ritholtz.com)
- Laurence Kotlkoff talks with Richard Eisenberg about where Social Security stands. (larrykotlikoff.substack.com)
Housing
- Why so many Baby Boomers are stuck in their (large) homes. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- How much of unhappiness among young adults is due to getting priced out of the housing market? (ft.com)
- Where vacation homes are located in the U.S. (construction-physics.com)
Spending
- You can't outearn bad spending habits. (bestinterest.blog)
- The cost of living is rising, but that doesn't mean you aren't making spending mistakes. (tonyisola.com)
- When spending on yourself isn't easy. (humbledollar.com)
Emergency funds
- Is your emergency fund too big? (zeninvestor.org)
- More Americans are using 401(k) plans as emergency funds. (wsj.com)
Personal finance
- What role income plays in building wealth. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- Sometimes all you need is a little common sense to debunk investment claims. (advisorperspectives.com)
- Get the big stuff right and you can make some mistakes along the way. (safalniveshak.com)
- It takes a lot of work to get full value from a high-end credit card. (theatlantic.com)
- 529 accounts are now little more flexible. (nytimes.com)
