Here is this week's collection of recent articles on investing and personal finance — plus a link to a handy giving calculator.
A blockbuster earnings season (Matt Cerminaro, Chart Kid Matt). S&P 500 companies are growing profits at nearly double the rate that was expected.
Ben Graham & bull market brains (Ben Carlson, A Wealth of Common Sense). "Bull markets make you feel smarter than you really are."
The Peter Bernstein Rule: Beware empty memory banks (William Bernstein and Edward McQuarrie, VettiFi Advisor Perspectives). "When more than 30% of investors have no memory of the last bear market, look out!"
2026 retirement contribution limits: Maximize Your 401(k), IRA, and Roth savings (Peter Anderson, Bible Money Matters). The IRS tweaks the limits each year to account for inflation.
You probably need a 529 savings account. Here's why (Morningstar). "Today's 529 plans...[can] support a lifetime of learning, help manage student debt, contribute to retirement readiness, and even facilitate estate planning."
Trump proposes 50-year mortgage to help affordability (Housing Wire). The administration is also considering portable mortgages, which would allow an existing mortgage to be transferred to a new property.
Find the right health plan during open enrollment (Kiplinger). Yep. It's that time again.
US Mint presses final pennies as production ends after more than 230 years (Associated Press). Cents and sensibility: Pennies cost more to make than they are worth.
The world's $111 trillion in government debt, in one giant chart (Visual Capitalist). The U.S., China, and Japan account for more than 60% of the total.
Tithe calculator (Aplos). Enter your gross income, pay frequency, and target giving percentage.
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