One of my guilty pleasures is reading.
I find myself constantly validating my own perspective by seeking out new ideas, different approaches, and contrary opinions.
At least that is what I tell myself as I skim through vast quantaties of blog posts, media articles and academic journals on topics like economics, personal finance, technology, and history.
Inevitably I will then catch up on the latest gossip about my favourite sporting teams, or opening a fun work of fiction!
This page contains a log of well written or interesting content I have recently consumed and thought to be worth sharing.
Enjoy!
For tomorrow we shall die! (But alas we never do)
Early Retirement Wisdom From 50+ Top Finance Writers
House prices, mental accounting, and leaky buckets
Visualizing Global Shipping Container Traffic
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How blockchain could save musicians billions
We’ve known for 85 years that forecasters can’t forecast
On risk and black swans in emerging markets
'Goldman Sachs is implicated in history’s largest financial con – but will it be held accountable?'
How This All Happened
What If You Retire At a Stock Market Peak?
How to retire early: Early retirement by the numbers
Can you save half your income so you can retire early? FIRE advocates say it’s possible.
Defensive Decision Making: What IS Best v. What LOOKS Best
The cost of renting in the UK in seven charts
Safe Withdrawal Rate SWR
The Wall Street Math Hustle
How we won the Great War but lost the economy
Commuting time and family labour supply decisions
Top 10 Country GDP Ranking History (1960-2017)
The secrets of endurance athletes
Mercator Misconceptions: Clever Map Shows the True Size of Countries
Will a Robot Take Your Job?
Services are taking over the economy – despite the politicians
Eric Schmidt on the Life-Changing Magic of Systematizing, Scaling, and Saying “Thanks” (Ep. 53 — Live)
Joel Greenblatt’s Version of Mr. Market
Things You See During Every Market Correction
What if Your Goal Isn’t the Max?
Learning The Wrong Lessons
Earning Hundreds per Month Selling Graphic Designs: An Interview with Dave from Accidental FIRE
Your Money Matters - Financial Education Textbook
Asset allocation: It’s meaningless unless you’ve defined your investment goals
What we talk about when we talk about risk
I Remember When
First-Time Buyers – Bank Statements & Spending
When Things Get Wild
BHP sends runaway iron ore train off the rails after 92km trip across Pilbara
Don’t worry, you’ll have plenty in retirement
The McRib Effect
So what, we retired at the peak of the bull market? Here are seven reasons why we’re not yet worried…
What’s Staying the Same
Apple’s Social Network
Mapping the World's Urban Population from 1500 to 2050
What makes a disease eradicable?
The Underappreciated Role of Luck in Investing – Validea's Guru Investor Blog
Mortality risk, insurance, and the value of life
Tiny Improvements, Big Results
The ‘Radical Saving’ Trend Is Based on Fantasy
Our oldies have never had it so good
The Lifetime Allowance
Naval on Twitter
The Why of FI – Sometimes You Don’t Have A Reason
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Sentiment Scale Reveals Which Words Pack the Most Punch
The Quant Frontier
dave M ❄️ ? ?? on Twitter
How Much Should You Charge?
Weak competition may be key to economy's problems
Parkour Atlas
Workers of the World, Revise!
5 common misconceptions I had about ETFs
Things I will never do to become a millionaire.
Americans Are Willing to Forgo a 56% Pay Raise for Best Job Perks
Am I Going to Be Okay?
Interwar British fiscal policy and economic growth
How I Hacked The Happiness Curve
Not Learning From Investing History Can Be Hazardous To Your Wealth
No One is Crazy
On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant
How Trump Dominates the News Cycle
Barry Ritholtz on Twitter
You Have No Competition
Why We All Need To Be More Forgiving
Chart o’ the Day: How the contracting PE multiple stole 2018
Get Rich….being British?!?
Young FI Guy – Super Saver retired before 30 – #ukpersonalfinance
A legacy of war
We Only See a Version of the Truth
The Surprising Power of The Long Game
IBM’s Old Playbook
Overall Winners
The Psychology of Sitting in Cash, Part Deux
The costs of buying and selling homes in different countries
The Annuity Puzzle: How Big is the Free Lunch Being Left on the Table?
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: The Volkswagen Chronicles
How London became the center of the world
Successful Active Stock Investing is Hard: Here are Seven Traits that I Believe are Required for Active Investors to Win in the Long Term
Why Everyone Should Plan To Retire Early ~ Chief Mom Officer
Here’s How to Become a 401(k) Millionaire
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The Rapid Depreciation Of A Harvard Education: How Private School Grads Can Still Save Themselves
Happy Hour: The Speculative Factor
Australian millennials are getting into the FIRE movement, which is all about planning to retire early with millions in the bank
Why I won’t write for free (and why you shouldn’t either!)
An Elderly Convict’s Advice for Early Retirees
All You Need to Do to Finish Rich
The cost of data protectionism
Humble Exits
The Golden Annuity
Where to Buy an Investment Property – The A, B, C, D Rating System
Portugal’s Golden Visa Residency and Second Passport Program
Meet the HENRYs
A Lost Decade of Dollar Cost Averaging
Hemingway, a Lost Suitcase, and the Recipe for Stupidity
Mindy – Bangkok to Blighty- Living Abroad – #ukpersonalfinance
The making of modern London
Higher Highs and Lower Lows
A Change in Perspective
Patisserie Valerie – What happened?
The Garden You Can Touch
Losing it: The economics and politics of migration
The Winning Ticket To Financial Freedom Isn’t A Game Of Chance
So, What do you do?
Grand title winners / Online gallery 2018 : Wildlife Photographer of the Year
The Allure of Private
7 Counterintuitive Rules for Growing Your Business Super-Fast
Social media is a symptom, not a tactic
You can ride this suitcase around the airport
Ally Sheedy: Not playing by 'Hollywood's rules' cost me my career
Mr YFG's backstory
Diversification Means Saying Sorry
On being a writer.
“You Wrote Me a Letter”
Searching for Purpose
What did low US Treasury yields ever do for us, anyway?
Do you want to be Eternal Forever?
Peter Bernstein on Hidden Variety in Averages
The R-Word
Rube Goldberg
How To Stay in the Game
Steve Analyst on Twitter
Neil Gaiman 2012 Commencement Speech "Make Good Art"
Haste Makes Waste
Success and Motivation:Drowning in Opportunity /Winning the Battles you are in
Amazon's Bezos Says Three Good Decisions a Day 'Enough'
Growth Without Goals
Income vs. population: how should we compare CO₂ emissions?
Investors can save our way of life (and their own)
