Misc., Retirement
Micawber’s Favorites – September 9, 2017
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Links to some of my favorite recent articles on money and life: The Biggest Oversight in Most American’s Retirement Planning by Scott Hanson at Kiplinger Financial planner Scott Hanson sees many people who do a decent job of planning financially for retirement but spend almost no time planning their post-retirement lives. I liken this to…
Budgeting, Investing, Misc., Money Parables
The Majesty of Simplicity
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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. – Warren Buffett The great paradox of this remarkable age is that the more complex the world around us becomes, the more simplicity we must seek in order to realize our financial goals. Never underrate…the majesty of simplicity….Simplicity, indeed, is…
Misc.
Micawber’s Favorites – How to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims (September 4, 2017)
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In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, which hit the Houston area and other parts of Texas hard recently, this week’s links relate to ways each of us can help the victims of the hurricane. It is important in times of disaster like this for us to come together and offer relief. Even if you can’t do much,…
Misc.
Want to Achieve a Financial Goal? Follow This Blueprint
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There is no shortage of advice out there on how to achieve goals. The problem is separating the techniques that actually work from the useless advice being offered in many self-help books and blogs. Fortunately, psychologist and author Richard Wiseman has done the difficult work of separating the wheat from the chaff for us, and…
Misc.
Micawber’s Favorites – August 26, 2017
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Here are links to several of my favorite recent articles on personal finance and life. Enjoy: The 5 Whys of Spending by Peter Polson at Tiller Money is meant to be used, and we shouldn’t feel guilty about spending as long as we can afford our purchases and we use our money on things that are important to us.…