Some of the best investing and personal finance articles from around the web.
What happens when everything can be bet on? (Les Barclays). “Don’t be surprised if at one point in our lives, we will be able to trade events via brokerage apps.”
More than half of recent retirees have regrets about how they saved for retirement (Nationwide Retirement Institute). Are you saving enough for your later years?
The beautiful chart that busts 3 stock market myths (Morningstar). “The US stock market’s long-term success has never been a story of uninterrupted progress but rather of resilience amid setbacks.”
How old is too old for a 30-year mortgage? Here’s what to consider (NPR). There’s still a lot to be said for entering retirement with a paid-off mortgage.
Retirees: Should you take your RMDs early in the year or wait? (Morningstar). Christine Benz takes a closer look at three approaches to RMDs.
Will your retirement go as planned? (The White Coat Investor). Some cautionary tales of best laid plans that went awry.
You aren’t giving enough money to your kids and grandkids (Kindness Financial Planning). I’m seeing more and more articles making this point. In fact, I even wrote one!
How to prepare an heir for the $84 trillion wealth transfer including the red flags (Investment News). “The most overlooked risk isn’t taxes, new law provisions or market performance, but underprepared heirs.”
Some things I’ve been wrong about (A Wealth of Common Sense). A popular investment writer on some of his assumptions that turned out to be wrong.
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