Here is SMI’s latest roundup of interesting articles on investing, personal finance, and stewardship.
Predicting the future is hard (Ben Carlson, A Wealth of Common Sense). No one can reliably predict the markets. The same holds true for reliably predicting just about anything else.
Have a plan (Michael Batnick). "Without rules all you have are emotions."
Stock markets usually go up. Sometimes, they go away. (Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal). Retail investors have no place to trade Russian securities.
Waiting for the bear market that is already here (Jack Forehand, Validea). There’s no one-size-fits-all definition of a bear market.
Warren Buffett’s "fourth law of motion" (Sam Ro, Tker). "For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases."
How U.S. stimulus payments may have helped fuel the meme-stock craze (The Wall Street Journal). Do tell.
Free options for filing your taxes (The New York Times via Seattle Times). Some no-cost options have age or income limits, but others are available to anyone.
Taxpayer Experience Office formally established to improve service across the IRS (IRS news release). "The formal establishment of this office will help unify and expand efforts across the IRS to improve service to taxpayers." Let’s hope so.
How to tackle medical bills before the debt becomes a long-lasting financial problem (CNBC). Nearly two-thirds of bills that are in collections and appear on credit reports are medical bills.
Gratitude: The key to financial balance (Leo Sabo, Christian Stewardship Network). Gratitude is more than an emotional response. It’s a choice.
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