personal finance
Finance Friday Articles
- 3 Steps to Stay Sane in a Volatile Market
- Fiduciary Duty – Theory versus Reality
- Gen X finally tops boomer 401(k) balances, but will it be enough to retire?
- How Long Can Stocks Underperform?
- Is Anybody Else Getting Nervous About an AI Bubble in the Stock Market?
- Protecting My Sanity
- Question of Interest
- The Impact of Fed Rate Cuts on Stocks, Bonds & Cash
- The Median US Stock Has a Negative Return
- This is Normal
- Unasked Questions
Finance Friday Articles
- A new Lifecycle Fund is now available
- Automate Your Savings: If You Don’t See it, You Won’t Miss It
- Down with Inflation
- The Benefits of a Paid Off House
- The Sustainable Path is the Only Path
- This New Rollover Option Could Change Your College-Fund Plans
- Waiting for “The Dip” to Invest
- Why You Should Bring Your Kids into Your Estate Planning Meetings
Finance Friday Articles
- 12 Negotiation Techniques You Need to Know
- $656,000 of Frugal Things I Still Love Doing
- Capturing Credit toward a Federal Annuity for Military Service
- Effective tax-saving strategies for investors
- Help clients draw down inherited IRAs tax-efficiently
- How to Prepare Children for an Inheritance
- How to Risk-Adjust Returns
- Looking to Retire Overseas? Start by Answering These 3 Questions
- One is Not Enough
- Protecting My Sanity
- Report Cautions of ‘Unintended Consequences’ of Default Retirement Saving
- Small Businesses That You Control
- The Best Investment I Ever Made (the Pros & Cons of Owning a Vacation Home)
- The Biggest Winners in the Stock Market
- TSP Highlights New Fund, Other Changes Under Way
- What’s the Worst Long-Term Return For U.S. Stocks?
- What to Do If You Inherit a 401(k) or TSP Account
- Why Lifestyle Creep is Mostly a Myth
Finance Friday Articles
- A Balanced Portfolio Always Comes with Regrets
- A Pre-Retirement Financial Checklist
- How a Moderate Income Physician Should Think About Being an Accredited Investor
- Is a “Total Bond” Fund Still a Good Choice?
- Is 100 Percent in the C Fund a Good Idea?
- Off the Beaten Path
- Remaining in the TSP at Separation One of Four Options
- The Minimum Investment vs. Diversification Dilemma in Real Estate
- The Risks We Miss
- TSP Doing Away with Security Questions as Part of Auth Process
- What To Do at All Time Highs
- Why International Investing Makes Sense for Long-Term Investors
Finance Friday Articles
- Best TSP Investment Strategies in 2024
- Building wealth using 529s for K–12 education
- f— you money
- House Bill Sets 4.5-Percent Military Pay Raise
- How to Donate Vanguard Assets to a Vanguard Charitable Donor Advised Fund
- Paying the Piper
- The 2 Keys to Happiness
- The Automatic Investing Revolution
- There Was No Golden Age of Medicine (at Least for Physician Incomes)
- Time for an Account Checkup? Be Sure Your DFAS Information Is Up to Date
- Time to Embrace the TSP Mutual Fund Window, Warts and All
- Vanguard’s midyear market outlook
- Why I Remain Bullish on the United States of America
Finance Friday Articles
- Age-Based Asset Allocation (I’m Not a Fan)
- Balance Issues
- How Does Inflation Impact Retirement?
- Is Europe a Buy Here?
- Municipal Bonds: How Much Is Safe?
- Own the Haystack
- Term Life Insurance: What You Need to Know Before You Buy
- The 15 Questions You Need to Answer to Build Your Investment Portfolio
- The Apprentice
- The U.S. Real Estate Market in Charts
Finance Friday Articles
- How to Change Your Investor Policy Statement
- Is the Small Cap Premium Dead?
- Just Asking Questions
- Prepare Your Heirs: 5 Tips for Passing on Retirement Accounts
- Raising the Bar
- These Tax Rules Will Expire in 2025
- TSP Nears $900 Billion Mark; New 2070 L Fund Starts July 26
- Wealth and Money Are Two Different Things
- When is the Mean Reversion Coming in the Stock Market?
Finance Friday Articles
If you’ve enjoyed Jonathan Clements’ contributions to this site, read this article first. It is the only article that I’ve ever posted on Finance Friday that got me emotional:
Here are the rest of the articles:
- A DIY Investor’s Guide to Retirement Calculators
- Can You Stump the Chump, aka Jim? Plus, a Day in My Life as I Answer Questions
- I Get Why Having 3 Stocks Make up 20% of the S&P 500 Might Scare You
- Own Occupation Disability Insurance — A Key for Doctors
- Roger Federer vs. the Stock Market
- Seven Silent Wealth Killers
- Should We Worry?
- The Two Types of Money People
- Understanding the Thrift Savings Plan Withdrawal Process
- Why Are ETFs (Sometimes) More Tax-Efficient Than Mutual Funds?
- Why are the TSP L Funds the Default Funds?
- Why Stocks Are the Greatest Asset Class
- Why the Russell Small Cap Value Index Sucks (and How to Ditch It)
- Why We Have a Housing Crisis
Finance Friday Articles
- 10 Financial Rules of Thumb You Don’t Have to Follow
- 10 Unsung Benefits of Index Funds
- Don’t Finance Long-Term Assets with Short-Term Debt
- Fixed Income Has Income Again
- Here’s How Much Money People Think They’ll Need to Retire – And Why Some Will Need to Work Forever
- Military spouses can recoup up to $1,000 in business costs after moves
- Missing Out on Hedge Funds? Maybe not.
- Not Getting Rich Fast Enough
- Stocks for the Long Run? Setting the Record Straight
- Why Haven’t Home Prices Dropped?
Finance Friday Articles
- 3 Assets That Might Not Diversify as Well as You Think
- Buying Freedom
- Check These Before You Transfer an Account From Vanguard
- Driving an Old Car to Save Money: Drive a Beater . . . Get Rich
- How I Think About Debt
- How Physician Mortgage Loans Work for Doctors With Debt
- How This Financially Literate Doctor Got Scammed Out of $75,000
- Is Maximizing Credit Card Rewards Worth It?
- On the Fence
- Which airlines offer key benefits for troops? There’s a chart for that
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