Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at why you need a ‘cash bucket’ going into retirement.
Quote of the Day
“The ultimate middle‐aged skill is knowing what you want from life. Once you know what you want from life, you are better able to give back to life.”
(Chip Conley)
Podcasts
- Carl Richards talks with Farnoosh Torabi money lessons learned. (50fires.com)
- Matt Ziegler talks with Justin Castelli about the intersection of life and investing. (youtube.com)
- Barry Ritholtz talks closet indexing with Andrew Slimmon who is Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. (ritholtz.com)
- Jim Dahle talks with Britt Williams Baker, who is the co-founder of Dow Janes, a company focused on financial education for women. (whitecoatinvestor.com)
Retirement
- Retirement is filled with all sort of irreversible decisions. (humbledollar.com)
- The double-edge sword of home ownership in old age. (nytimes.com)
- How time feels more precious in retirement. (humbledollar.com)
- Don't be ashamed to take senior discounts. (advisorpedia.com)
Retirement accounts
- Just because you can contribute to an IRA doesn't mean you should. (morningstar.com)
- The IRS has once again waived RMDs for beneficiaries subject to the 10-year rule. (investmentnews.com)
Insurance
- Why auto insurance rates are skyrocketing. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- How to choose the right health insurance plan. (bitchesgetriches.com)
- Why you need to do the math on a life insurance situation. (obliviousinvestor.com)
- In Florida, homeowners are finding out what happens when their home insurer goes bankrupt. (bloomberg.com)
Behavior
- Eight ways to spend more money including 'Take up an expensive hobby.' (whitecoatinvestor.com)
- Being a maximizer is exhausting. (radreads.co)
- Why rich people don't feel rich. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
Personal finance
- How to avoid investment rip-offs. (tonyisola.com)
- How to bunch your charitable donations to maximal effect. (forbes.com)
- The financial reasons couples are cohabitating before marriage. (vox.com)
- What financial documents you need to hold onto. (wapo.st)
- Everybody needs a will, everybody. (crr.bc.edu)
- Costco ($COST) gold bar buyers are seeing the downsides of holding physical gold. (wsj.com)