Our latest picks for the best investing and personal finance articles from around the web.
The latest in the brokerage wars: Charles Schwab will allow people to buy fractions of stocks (CNBC). The disruptions continue. What will be next? Fractional purchases of ETFs?
An emergency fund for retirement? Yes (Morningstar). Unexpected expenses can still crop up, and in retirement, an emergency fund can take on an important new role.
How to keep more money in retirement (Kiplinger). An essential part of retirement planning is tax planning.
Charitable granting soars even as tax changes transform giving (Reuters). How the new tax law is impacting charitable giving.
A simple plan for financial independence (Morningstar). Let a couple of simple economic concepts be your guide.
And from the blogosphere…
Dividends can lie (The Aleph Blog). Your next dividend payment is not guaranteed — a good follow-up to our September article, A Closer Look at the “Dividends-Only” Retirement Income Strategy.
Options for a spousal inherited IRA (Getting Your Financial Ducks in a Row). This is the type of decision that would be helpful to sort through in a letter of instruction.
Charting extreme poverty: Population living on less than $1.90 a day (How Much). An eye-opening look at an issue that is much on God’s heart.
Going out on more limbs (Faith Driven Entrepreneur). How one organization plans to use a 3-D printer to help the one billion people in the world who don’t have safe shelter.
God’s desire for one-percenters (Eric Geiger). Some good reminders.
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