Our latest picks for the best investing and personal finance articles from around the web.
An easier way to make qualified charitable distributions (Morningstar). It can be as easy as writing a check.
America’s back-up retirement plan: Work (CBS Money Watch). “Side hustles” aren’t just for millennials.
How criminals steal $37 billion a year from America’s elderly (Bloomberg). “If it sounds too good to be true…” Unfortunately, that simple advice seems to get harder to follow as people get older.
How clients can use annuities to pay for long-term care (Financial Planning). Sales of annuities with LTC riders are far outpacing sales of stand-alone LTC policies, but there are drawbacks.
Here’s one theory why people in their 20s and 30s are reluctant to invest (MarketWatch). Parents, are you teaching your kids about investing?
And from the blogosphere…
What the 200-day moving average does and does not tell you (A Wealth of Common Sense). “[It] works much better as an indicator of the type of market environment we are in than as a perfect timing signal.”
The skill of managing luck (Daniel P. Egan). How our love of stories can get in the way of adopting a solid process.
Visualizing how households in different income brackets live around the world (Four Pillar Freedom). What life looks like at different income levels in different parts of the world.
Settling up (Humble Dollar). A closer look at life settlements, a process for turning life insurance policies into cash.
The 5 big things I learned after leaving Money Magazine (Next Avenue). A former editor-in-chief reflects on some of the most important financial lessons she’s learned.
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