Some of the best investing and personal finance articles from around the web.
Go while you still can (Meaningful Money Life). “The window when you, your spouse, your parents, and your kids are all healthy enough to experience life together is smaller than you think... and it's getting smaller.” Also from the same writer, Take advantage of your go-go years. “Most people worry about running out of money. Fewer worry about running out of time. Fewer still think about running out of health.”
The biggest financial decision of your retirement is your address (Arcanomy). The cost of living shouldn’t necessarily be the most important factor in deciding where to live. But it’s worth noting that it can vary a lot. See also, Why your home may matter more than your portfolio later in life (Morningstar)
Creating a new retirement blueprint (Vanguard). Great interview with Morningstar’s Christine Benz.
Should your retirement spending rise and fall with the market? (Retirement Researcher). “The spending strategy that works best mathematically may not always produce the spending pattern people actually want.”
What the Spurgeon family scandal teaches us about failure (The Gospel Coalition). From debtor’s prison to the pulpit — some interesting history from the family of one of the world’s greatest preachers.
New longevity tools show you may be saving too much for retirement (Barron’s). Have you run the numbers on your likely lifespan?
The Four Seasons of Retirement (Jordan Grumet). On "bridging the gap between the math of wealth and the emotion of aging.”
When you don’t pick your retirement date (Arcanomy). “A retirement plan is not finished until it has an answer for arriving early.”
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