One of my guilty pleasures is reading.
I find myself constantly challenging my own perspective by seeking out new ideas, different approaches, and contrary opinions.
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At least that is what I tell myself as I skim through vast quantities of blog posts, media articles, and academic journals on topics like economics, personal finance, science, technology, and history.
Many bloggers maintain a static blog roll of their favourite writers. The approach I prefer is to present a running log of well written or interesting content I have recently consumed and thought worth sharing.
Interested readers can join me on my quest for knowledge, learning from content I have recently enjoyed. It appears that many of you share this guilty pleasure, as this page of curated content has become the most popular part of { in·deed·a·bly }.
Enjoy!
Articles · Books
Articles
Where Do Millionaires Keep Their Money? [It’s Not Where You Think]
Why a diversified portfolio needs more than just bonds
Register of Overseas Entities: What three luxury homes reveal about who owns UK property
Evaluating Annuities, Pensions, and Social Security – SWR Series Part 56
10 Ways to Ruin your Life
Why the customer doesn't always come first
Family Investment Company: Frequently Asked Questions (The FIC FAQ)
Jan ’23: Mr Market defuses my tax bombshell
Everything You Can’t Have
Data Update 3 for 2023: Inflation and Interest Rates
The coming ubiquity
Growth is the problem, and there's no obvious solution
Inflation is far from licked and pay is starting to become a worry
Data Update 2 for 2023: A Rocky Year for Equities!
10 year review
What the Tech and Media Layoffs Are Really Telling Us About the Economy
How Much Income Do You Need to Be Rich?
Visualizations That Really Work
Financial Planning at an Early Stage: Is It Just Guessing?
A league table which tells us we need to raise our game
Weekend reading: these Vanguard expected returns remind us it’s darkest before the dawn
The Art and Science of Spending Money
Books
Personal finance only contains a half dozen or so key concepts.
This collection of books probably weren’t the first to express an idea, and may not be the best articulation of a concept, but each contributed a valuable lesson relevant to where I was on my own personal finance journey at the time that I read them.
