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5 Ways Investing Can Help You – Above and Beyond Realizing Your Goals Thumbnail

5 Ways Investing Can Help You – Above and Beyond Realizing Your Goals

If Abraham Maslow taught a class in personal finance, he would have described earning and saving as the foundation of any personal financial success program. Earning allows us our physiological needs – food, shelter, clothing – and saving is the bedrock of security. Earning and saving would be the bottom two levels of his famous pyramid.

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Weekend Reading | Saturday, April 22, 2023 Thumbnail

Weekend Reading | Saturday, April 22, 2023

Why Friendships Among Men Are So Important | Ten Charts I Can't Stop Thinking About | Yours Robotically | New Push on US-Run Free Electronic Tax-Filing System for All | NBER Working Paper Series: Personality Differences and Investment Decision-Making | Owl City - Dinosaur Park (from new album Coco Moon) Lyrics [Full HD] (Video)

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Why Do We Invest? What is the Point of Deferring Gratification? Love. Thumbnail

Why Do We Invest? What is the Point of Deferring Gratification? Love.

There is a lot of ink spilled on the how's and wherefore's of deferring our gratification. But, with so many choices in front of us in every moment… why should we bother? Why not live in the moment? The answer is Love.

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Weekend Reading | Saturday, April 1, 2023 Thumbnail

Weekend Reading | Saturday, April 1, 2023

What to Read and Watch When You're Sad and Just Want to Wallow a Little Bit | ‘Is This It?’ When Success Isn’t Satisfying | Why Everyone Feels Like They’re Faking It | How To Log Off | Charley Ellis: Six Nuggets of Investment Wisdom

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Weekend Reading | Saturday, March 11, 2023 Thumbnail

Weekend Reading | Saturday, March 11, 2023

Examining the History of the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide Shows Stagnating Progress on Closing These Disparities | In Defense of the Unoptimized Life | Americans Largely Satisfied With Their Personal Life | How Sensitive People Can Stop Taking Things So Personally in Their Relationships | The Long Term Investor: How to Measure the Success of Your Portfolio (Podcast)

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Simple, Basic, Mindful Investing Thumbnail

Simple, Basic, Mindful Investing

All successful long-term investors are continuously acting on a plan that is founded on their deeply personal values and goals. They are appropriately allocated, they are broadly diversified, and they rebalance regularly. They are patient and remain mindful of their limitations. No one knows what is coming next.

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If You Want A Retirement Income You Can’t Outlive, Choose Recession Over Inflation Every Time Thumbnail

If You Want A Retirement Income You Can’t Outlive, Choose Recession Over Inflation Every Time

Most investors get this wrong - they mistakenly believe that market risk is the issue they have to overcome. And, in the attempt to manage for market risk, they worry about the wrong things. Recession is one of those things that, while potentially painful in the short run, resolves itself to become a minor issue in the long run.

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Weekend Reading | Saturday, December 3, 2022 Thumbnail

Weekend Reading | Saturday, December 3, 2022

Six New Studies That Can Help You Rediscover Gratitude | Happy Talk | Partisans Agree: Time With Family and Friends is Meaningful and Fulfilling | The 5-Hour Rule: How To Turn a Wasted Day Into a Successful One | Three Reasons Why Indexing Works and Continues to Grow

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