Personal finance links: simple beats complex
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
2 months ago
2 MIN READ
Podcasts
- Peter Lazaroff talks with Benjamin Brandt author of “Retirement Starts Today.” (peterlazaroff.com)
- Michael Easter speaks with Sahil Bloom, the author of “The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life.” (twopct.com)
- Carl Richards talks spending money with Joel Stein. (podcasts.apple.com)
Housing
- The housing stock is aging. (fortunefinancialadvisors.com)
- How climate change should give you pause about keeping too much of your net worth in your house. (propublica.org)
- Condos vs. townhouses: pros and cons. (iwillteachyoutoberich.com)
Retirement
- RMDs are typically below sustainable withdrawal rates. (morningstar.com)
- Five regrets of retirees including ‘Starting Social Security too soon.’ (theretirementmanifesto.com)
Fiduciaries
- Why you may want someone else to manage your investments. (flowfp.com)
- Banks are not fiduciaries. You need to look out for yourself. (nytimes.com)
Simplicity
- In praise of simplicity. (humbledollar.com)
- The best strategies are the most simple. (tonyisola.com)
- Some relatively easy things to do to help clean up your financial life including ‘Ensure you have a trusted contact on file at your financial institutions.’ (contessacapitaladvisors.com)
Family
- Some Bitcoin diehards are shunning 529 college savings plans for the cryptocurrency. (bloomberg.com)
- Selling Girl Scout cookies has jumped the shark. (readthejointaccount.com)
Personal finance
- Emergency fund 101. (thesandboxdaily.com)
- What is the perfect level of wealth? (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- A profile of personal finance star Ramit Sethi. (wsj.com)
- A review of Sahil Bloom’s new book “The 5 Types of Wealth.” (timmaurer.com)
- Some ways to boost your happiness with some newly found cash including ‘Create a “happiness fund” to pay for random acts of kindness like paying for a stranger’s groceries or supporting a local artist.’ (fastcompany.com)
- We like to think we are rational with our money, but we aren’t. (humbledollar.com)
- Do what you want. Nobody else really cares. (meaningfulmoney.life)
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