Some of the best investing and personal finance articles from around the web.
Father of 4% rule shares 8 steps to finding the right retirement spending rate (Think Advisor). Why he says 5.5% is the new 4%.
The rule of two lives in retirement (Kiplinger). “The mistake is building a plan entirely around the ‘primary’ earner or assuming the survivor will seamlessly execute the ‘rational’ decisions you mapped out together years earlier. Reality is messier.”
The elite college myth (Wall Street Journal). “The reality is that for most graduates things look pretty similar regardless of where you went to college.”
Risky business (Humble Dollar). The challenges of managing a portfolio at all-time market highs.
Retirees share the one thing they regret not saving for (GoBankingRates via Yahoo Finance). There’s a lot that can be learned from those who’ve gone before us.
How to keep this hot stock market from melting your retirement dream (Wall Street Journal). Are you making either of these potentially dangerous assumptions?
Ed Slott: Here’s the secret to good tax planning (Think Advisor). Like so many things, tax management is simple but not easy.
Good for who? (Behavioral Investment). The “democratization” of investing sounds like a good thing. Is it?
Americans’ most valuable asset isn’t stocks or a home. It’s Social Security. (NY Times). “For higher-income people who deferred claiming benefits until the age of 70, it was worth well over $1 million, if it could be priced at all.”
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