Here’s our latest collection of interesting articles on investing, personal finance, and stewardship:
Increasing your retirement resources: The power of working longer (American Association of Individual Investors). Staying in the paid workforce just one additional year can significantly affect the sustainability of your standard of living in retirement.
Commission-free ETFs will become the norm, Schwab CEO says (Investment News, via Google). Following Vanguard’s lead, Schwab is going to expand its list of ETFs that charge no transaction fees. No details as yet.
The end is near for the economic boom (Fortune). A downturn may not be imminent but one is inevitable — if history and growing warning signs are any guide. (But before you overreact, read Are economic predictions ever useful? from Morningstar’s John Rekenthaler.)
Student debt gets the game-show treatment (Chronicle of Higher Education). Signs of the times: Paid Off is a new TV game show that hands out prize money specifically for the purpose of paying down school loans.
Corporate compassion (WORLD). WORLD Magazine reports on a Christian-owned temp-staffing company in Indianapolis that’s helped thousands of immigrants and refugees find employment.
And from the bloggers and pundits...
Shut up and wait (Tony Isola, A Teachable Moment). Investing is similar to gardening. Both require long periods of patience.
Pareto (Michael Batnick, The Irrelevant Investor). Five stocks (Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet) dominate the S&P 500. But many other stocks in the index are doing just fine, thank you.
When I’m 64 (Jonathan Clements, Humble Dollar). Eleven ways our perspective on money tends to change as we age.
Mindsets: Optimism vs. complacency vs. pessimism (Morgan Housel, Collaborative Fund). Being an optimist doesn’t mean you think nothing will go wrong. Far from it.
Problems a booming economy can’t solve (John Horvat II, The Stream). Many people never seize the opportunity to save for a rainy day, even though rainy days will always come.
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