Just over 45 years ago on August 31st, 1976, the late Jack Bogle started the first index mutual fund at Vanguard. It nearly didn't get off the ground, garnering only 7% of the initial funding goal - it wasn't even enough to buy shares of all the … [Read the rest]
If you have collected a nice stash of Membership Rewards (MR) points from American Express, you may want to log into your account and check out the many new transfer bonuses available to their airline and hotel partners. Waiting for one of these … [Read the rest]
Albert is another new fintech "super app" that wants to combine your banking, budgeting, saving, and investing needs all in one place. On their paid "Genius" tier, Albert includes a team of humans that you can chat with and ask specific questions … [Read the rest]
Propublica recently reported that venture captialist Peter Thiel has a $5 billion Roth IRA. Essentially, he bought some lottery tickets using his IRA wrapper, and they paid off. The controversial part is that these lottery tickets weren't … [Read the rest]
In the previous post How Much of Historical Stock Returns Is Due To P/E Ratio Expansion?, we saw how the S&P 500 historical average total return could be broken down into separate components of earnings growth, dividends, P/E multiple changes, and … [Read the rest]
In 2020, the NPR Planet Money podcast did a series called Summer School that focused on economics concepts. You can still listen to those, but the 2021 Summer School series is about investing. Hardcore personal finance geeks might come away … [Read the rest]
Sometimes, it pays to scratch a little beneath the surface. In 2012, well-known behavioral scientist Dan Ariely published a paper that found that when people signed an honesty declaration at the beginning of a form, rather than the end, they were … [Read the rest]
Online pet store Chewy.com is offering a variety of National Dog Day promotions: Spend $100, Get a $30 gift card on select Dog products. Decent selection of a variety of dog products. Look to see if your normal purchases are included. 10% off … [Read the rest]
Long-term US Treasury bonds are often considered a good asset class to own due to their historically low correlation with stocks. When stocks go down, long-term bonds tend to go up (and vice versa). While the 30-year is not specifically included … [Read the rest]
According to Multpl.com, the P/E ratio of the S&P 500 is now 35, and the dividend yield is only 1.3%. The all-time low dividend yield was 1.11% back in August 2020. Even if you consider stock buybacks, the earnings yield is less than 3%! That … [Read the rest]
Grubhub is offering free Grubhub+ membership for the rest of 2021 (usually $9.99 a month) - and Seamless+ - for targeted customers, although many others will still get 30 days of free Grubhub+ membership. In addition, this offer does not require a … [Read the rest]
Most people must rely on the power of smaller, regular investments from work income to build up their retirement nest egg. In the latest Sound Investing email, Paul Merriman shared a new Lifetime Investment Calculator that helps you see how these … [Read the rest]
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