Wow! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (to coin a phrase). Here’s our holiday weekend Roundup of read-worthy articles on investing, personal finance, and stewardship. Enjoy!
Schwab muscles its way to the top of a zero-fee world (Bloomberg via InvestmentNews). The deal to acquire TD Ameritrade caps a year of off-again-on-again negotiations.
TD Bank keeps valuable sweep deal in Schwab-Ameritrade merger (Dow Jones Newswires via Morningstar). The merger gives Toronto-Dominion Bank, which owns 43% of TD Ameritrade, continued access to uninvested cash in investors’ low-paying sweep deposit accounts.
How living longer can pay off for these retirees (CNBC). Because people are living longer, the IRS may may revise its formula for required minimum distributions (RMDs) from traditional IRAs.
Personal loans are ’growing like a weed,’ a potential warning sign for the U.S. economy (Washington Post via MySA). So far, the deliquency rate on these loans is fairly low. Still...
Will you underspend in retirement? (Morningstar). An interview (video/transcript) about "not spending enough to enjoy retirement."
And from the bloggers and pundits...
The best investment you can make (Nick Nick Maggiulli, Of Dollars and Data). Are we making the most of little time we have in this life?
More is never enough (Ramp Capital). Ramp Capital is a humor site, but this post moves past the humor to a more sober reflection on "how much is enough?"
Don’t get an F (James McGlynn, Humble Dollar). Starting in 2020, the popular Medigap plan known as Plan F won’t be available to new enrollees. Plan G is comparable, however — and this author says it’s acutally a better choice.
Why Christians should talk more openly about our finances (Amy DiMarcangelo, The Gospel Coalition). We can help each other be more content, more genenrous, and more financially responsible.
Mapped: The 1.2 billion people without access to electricity (Visual Capitalist). Huge numbers of people in the world still don’t have what we take for granted.
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