Every week I read a large number of personal finance and investing articles. Here’s my latest weekly shortcut to the best.
As usual I’ve linked to a few great blog reads first, followed by some choice articles from the mainstream media.
Good reads from the financial blogosphere
- The Oblivious Investor asks if stocks are actually safer than bonds [1] in the long-term? Good graphs!
- MoneyNing discusses the impending retirement crisis [2].
- The Dividend Guy reminds us that investment fees really add up [3].
- Trent at The Simple Dollar has written a typically excellent article on the hidden costs of having a job [4].
- The Digerati Life explores a new tool from ING [5] enabling you to compare your bank balance with your peers.
- Frugal Dad admits having kids early had a negative financial impact [6] on his household finances.
- Oversaving does not lead to happiness [7], warns J.D. on Get Rich Slowly.
Good articles from other websites and papers
- The BBC recaps the US plans to reign in Wall Street [8] in layman’s terms.
- Bank account interest rates are inching upwards [9] in the UK, says the FT.
- The New York Times ran a heartfelt letter from a departing A.I.G. employee [10] to his CEO.
- What’s the U.S. stock market got to do with butter production in Bangladesh? Nothing, but this article from CNN in 1998 [11] shows how bogus backtesting can be used to suggest the latter predicted the former. (Thanks Mike [12]).
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