Here's a reader question on international equities that reflects some of what I've been reading elsewhere and thinking about in my head: I was doing my mid-year rebalance and noticed that international equity funds did terrible over the past 10 … [Read the rest]
I like the idea of living off dividend and interest income. Who doesn't? The problem is that you can't just buy stocks with the absolute highest dividend yields and junk bonds with the highest interest rates without giving up something in return. … [Read the rest]
Update: LoungeBuddy ended the offer really early. Sorry! LoungeBuddy is a smartphone app that helps you navigate airport lounges around the world. Their new promotion offers a free airport lounge pass (up to $40 value) when you book with … [Read the rest]
Here's another small but easy promotion. Get 75% off any movie rental on Google Play with code PAYPALCAUS. If you click on the link, it should already be applied. So a $4 rental will only cost you a $1. Redeem by 8/31/16 and rent by 10/31/16. … [Read the rest]
American Airlines (AA) has a new promotion on transferred Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) Starpoints, where they will add a 20% bonus on any transferred AA miles from 8/1 to 9/14/16. Starpoints are already quite flexible and transferrable to … [Read the rest]
Here is a roughly mid-year 2016 update on my investment portfolio holdings. This includes tax-deferred accounts like 401ks, IRAs, and taxable brokerage holdings, but excludes things like our primary home and cash reserves (emergency fund). The … [Read the rest]
Seems easy enough. If you have an Android device including Amazon Fire Tablets, download the Hay Day app for free and get $10 Amazon appstore credit. I have no idea what the game is about, but if the credit is indeed only for apps then I can buy … [Read the rest]
Vanguard has a new research paper about global asset allocation. One of their findings was that market-cap-weighted indexed portfolios provided higher returns and lower volatility than the average actively managed fund. Thus, they suggest that a … [Read the rest]
Talking about death is always an awkward topic (even though it will happen to all of us), but this is my version of the many similar PSA-type funeral articles you'll come across in personal finance magazines and columns. The standard advice: If … [Read the rest]
A new ProPublica article by Lena Groeger discusses the power of default settings in our life - from organ donations to computer font settings. Included was an interesting case study of a company who implemented automatic enrollment into the company … [Read the rest]
Professer Robert Shiller has a new NY Times article entitled Why Land and Homes Actually Tend to Be Disappointing Investments. He computes the historical, long-term inflation-adjusted returns for both farmland and housing: Over the century from … [Read the rest]
You always see pie charts used to illustrate asset allocation for portfolios. Stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate, etc. How about a pie chart for deciding how to allocate your lifetime: This was one of the "life lessons" provided by … [Read the rest]
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