Making Better Investment and Life Decisions - Episode 203 Remastered – Money For the Rest of Us – Podcast

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Ten Things I've Learned About Investing in the Past Decade
23 okt· Money For the Rest of Us
In episode 498, David shares how his investing has changed over the past ten years and lessons you can apply to your portfolio.
Document Your JourneyKeep ExperimentingBe Willing to Adopt New Asset ClassesBe Very PatientTrade Less, Focus On Long-term DriversMonetary DiversificationDon't Focus on Relative PerformanceIgnore the NoiseTake Your TimeThere Is No Right Way to Invest
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The Investor Podcast 668: What I Learned About Investing w/ Stig Brodersen
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336: Own What Is Real
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How to Fix the Retirement Savings Crisis
16 okt· Money For the Rest of Us
Why 401k and other defined contribution schemes are flawed, leading to a generation of workers unprepared for retirement. What are the solutions to fix the mess.
Topics
Why 401k and other defined contributions haven't worked, despite their popularityWhy defined benefit pension plans declinedWhy 401k plans are treated like emergency fundsHow to combine the best of 401k and defined benefit pension plans
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The Shift that Redefined Retirement Security by Shashwat Vidhu Sher—SSRN
Was the 401(k) a Mistake? by Michael Steinberger—The New York Times Magazine
Who Has Retirement Accounts? New Data Reveal Inequality in Retirement Account Ownership by Maria G. Hoffman, Mark A. Klee and Briana Sullivan—United States Census Bureau
U.S. Retirement Assets: Data in Brief—Congressional Research Service
Where do my CPP contributions go?—CPP Investments
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460: Should You Be Invested 100% in Stocks Before and During Retirement? A Recent Study Says Yes.
441: What If Social Security Had Been Privatized?
279: Why All Retirees Should Consider an Income Annuity
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Are You Taking Enough Aspirational Risk?
9 okt· Money For the Rest of Us
Why we need distinct risk buckets: balancing our natural loss aversion with the allure of opportunities that offer the potential for massive upside.
Topics covered include:
What is modern portfolio theory, and what are some of its flawsWhy so many people have gotten wealthy by being undiversifiedHow to balance personal risk, market risk, and aspirational riskHow prospect theory explains our attraction to positively skewed opportunitiesWhy most people won't get wealthy unless they take some aspirational risk
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Show Notes
Portfolio Selection by Harry Markowitz—The Journal of Finance, Vol. 7, No. 1. (Mar., 1952), pp. 77-91
Safety First and the Holding of Assets by A. D. Roy—Econometrica, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul., 1952), pp. 431-449
The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence by Benoit Mandelbrot and Richard L. Hudson—Hachette Book Group
Beyond Markowitz: A Comprehensive Wealth Allocation Framework for Individual Investors by Ashvin B. Chhabra—The Journal of Wealth Managment, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp 8-34, Spring 2005
The Wealth of Households: 2021: Current Population Reports by Briana Sullivan, Donald Hays, and Neil Bennett—Census.gov
Average, Median, Top 1%, and all United States Net Worth Percentiles—DQYDJ
PROSPECT THEORY AND STOCK MARKET ANOMALIES by Nicholas C. Barberis, Lawrence J. Jin, and Baolian Wang—NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
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421: Beware of Survivorship Bias When Investing
Investing Rule One: Avoid Ruin
229: Stop Maximizing Your Returns Using Modern Portfolio Theory
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Plus episode excerpts: ETF Size, the Long-term Impact of QE, and Stock Market Inelasticity
2 okt· Money For the Rest of Us
This week on the podcast, we share excerpts from Plus episode 484 on ETF size and the impact of QE, as well as Plus episode 493 on stock market inelasticity.
You can learn more about Money for the Rest of Us Plus here.
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The Federal Reserve Cut Interest Rates. What Should We Do Now?
25 sep· Money For the Rest of Us
What does the Federal Reserve's policy rate cut mean for our portfolios? Will interest rates keep falling? What changes should we make?
Topics include:
What determines interest rates, and where are those drivers currentlyWhat is the best estimate of bond returnsHow duration works and why it changesWhat are some current fixed income investment options
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Show Notes
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FedWatch—CME Group
Summary of Economic Projections—US Federal Reserve
Investors may be getting the Federal Reserve wrong, again—The Economist
Term Premium on a 10 Year Zero Coupon Bond—Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Yield to Maturity Is Always Received as Promised by Richard J. Cebula
and Bill Z. Yang—Journal of Economics and Finance
The Truth about Yield by Jason Bove and Mark Willauer—J.P. Morgan
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463: How to Lock in Higher Yields in Case Interest Rates Fall
455: Easier Investing, Richer Life: TIPS Ladders to Annuities
418: Bond Investing Masterclass
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When to Sell Equity or Borrow: A Guide for Homeowners, Students, and Artists
18 sep· Money For the Rest of Us
How do home equity investments, income share agreements, and music royalties work, and how can you participate?
Topics covered include:
How a home equity investment differs from a home mortgageWhat is the cost of home equity investmentsHow funding education through income share agreements has changedWhy artists sell royalties to their workHow individuals can invest in music royalties
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Show Notes
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Point and Atalaya Capital Management Close Oversubscribed $141 Million Home Equity Investment Rated Securitization—Global Newswire
What Colleges Should Know About Income Share Agreements and Private Education Loan Requirements by Rich Williams—Homeroom
CFPB settles claims against operator of training program arising out of income share agreements by John L. Culhane, Jr. & Thomas Burke—Consumer Finance Monitor
Bond market: Bowie Bonds and the Evolution of the Bond Market—Faster Capital
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493: The Housing Affordability Crisis: What Caused It and How to Fix It
349: Forward and Reverse Mortgages: When To Take Them Out and When to Pay Them Off
307: Income Share Agreements—Good for Students or Investors?
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The Housing Affordability Crisis: What Caused It and How to Fix It
11 sep· Money For the Rest of Us
What caused the 40% price increase in houses and rents, and what are governments doing to try to fix the problem.
Topics covered include:
Why 50% of the global population is frustrated with the lack of affordable housingHow the housing collapse as part of the Great Financial Crisis contributed to today's affordability crisisHow central bank QE programs have magnified the housing crisisHow restrictive zoning and short-term rentals contribute to the housing crisisWhat governments are doing to encourage more housing supplyWhat individuals can do until housing becomes more affordable
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Show Notes
Concern over housing costs hits record high across rich nations by Valentina Romei and Sam Fleming—The Financial Times
Home Price to Median Household Income Ratio (US)—Longtermtrends
Home Ownership Affordability Monitor—Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
AMERICA'S RENTAL HOUSING 2024—Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
America retains “rent burdened” status—Moody's
U.S. 2024 and 2025 Mid-Year Outlook Report—AirDNA
ARIZONA’S NEW HOUSING LAWS EXPLAINED—Tempe YIMBY
What Kalamazoo (Yes, Kalamazoo) Reveals About the Nation’s Housing Crisis by Conor Dougherty—The New York Times
How Rent Controls Are Deepening the Dutch Housing Crisis by Cagan Koc and Sarah Jacob—Bloomberg
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The Power of Optionality: Small Bets, Big Payoffs
4 sep· Money For the Rest of Us
In this episode, we explore the concept of optionality—how small, strategic decisions can lead to outsized rewards with limited downside risk. From ancient philosophy to modern financial strategies, discover how recognizing and seizing options can unlock opportunities in both life and investing.
Topics covered include:
How call and put options workThe difference between American and European style options and why it mattersWhy options are positively skewedExamples of using optionality in business and lifeWhy it can be challenging to commit when an option is "in the money"
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Show Notes
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb—Penguin Random House
The Wisdom Of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return by Mihir Desai—Harper Academic
Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams—Penguin Random House
An Economist Walks into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk by Allison Schrager—Penguin Random House
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482: Unlocking the Power of Positive Skewness: Strategies for Investing, Business, and Creativity
268: How To Better Manage Risk
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The Five Layers of Investing - Which Layers Is Your Portfolio Allocated?
28 aug· Money For the Rest of Us
In Episode 491, we explore the five layers of investing, including which assets fit into each layer, and give examples of advertisements targeting each layer.
The five layers are:
1. Short-term trading2. Longer-term speculations3. Individual securities4. Diversified portfolios focused on underlying drivers and factors5. Maximum diversification with few changes and just a few holdings
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The Role of Emotions in Financial Decisions by David Tuckett—ResearchGate
Morningstar Active Passive Barometer
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306: Three Approaches to Asset Allocation
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Should You Invest in Private Equity?
21 aug· Money For the Rest of Us
How do buyouts, venture capital, and growth equity work? Has private equity outperformed the stock market, and can individual investors pursue these investment strategies?
Topics covered include:
How are private equity funds structured, and what are the feesHow is private equity performance measured, and how has it performedWhy does private equity have such a large dispersion of returns compared to the public stock marketWhat is private equity dry powder, and why is there much of itWhat are some ways individuals can invest in private equity and why should they use caution in doing so
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Show Notes
Understanding Private Fund Performance by Kaitlin Hendrix and Mamdouh Medhat—SSRN
What Drives Private-Equity Performance Persistence? New Deal-Level Evidence by Axel Buchner and Susanne Espenlaub and Abdul Mohamed—SSRN
Unlocking the Power of Relationships: Limited Partner Networks and Performance in Private Equity by José Carlos Franco de Abreu Neto and Saito Richard—SSRN
Private equity dry powder growth accelerated in H1 2024 by Dylan Thomas and Annie Sabater—S&P Global
Private Equity Gets Creative to Buy Time for More Gains. Clients Say Pay Me Now by Allison McNeely and Dawn Lim—Bloomberg
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458: Dissecting Stock Returns: Financial Engineering or Genuine Growth?
440: Beware of Platform Risk
350: How to Invest in Startups on Equity Crowdfunding Platforms?
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Making Better Investment and Life Decisions - Episode 203 Remastered
14 aug· Money For the Rest of Us
This week, we release one of David's favorite episodes from six years ago, Episode 203: Is Investing More Like Poker or Chess.
Topics covered include:
What is the difference between chess and poker.Why we need to separate the decision process from the outcome.How to improve the quality of our investment decisions.What are are wu-wei and qi and what role do they play in better decision making.
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Show Notes
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts by Annie Duke
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
Trying Not to Try: Ancient China, Modern Science, and the Power of Spontaneity by Edward Slingerland
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Why the Market Has Sold Off and What Should You Do
7 aug· Money For the Rest of Us
In episode 489, we examine three factors that contributed to this week's big stock market declines, analyze whether a recession is imminent, and review David's recent portfolio changes.
Topics covered include:
The benefits of looking at market and economic trends monthlyHow bad was the recent U.S. employment report and what is the Sahm RuleWhat are leading economic indicators saying about recession riskWhy the Federal Reserve will be lowering its policy rate, leading to lower cash yieldsWhy the Japanese yen strengthened, leading to market turmoilWhy investors are rotating from large cap growth to small cap value stocksHow David locked in higher yields
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Show Notes
Transcript of Chair Powell’s FOMC Press Conference July 31, 2024—The Federal Reserve
Goolsbee Says Fed Won’t Overreact to One Month’s Data by Catarina Saraiva and Ananya Chag—Bloomberg
Congressional Budget Office Updates Baseline: Deficit Spending is 27 Percent Higher Than Previously Estimated—U.S. House Budget Committee
Investments Mentioned
Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG)
Vanguard Small Cap Value (VBR)
iShares International Developed Small Cap Value Factor ETF (ISVL)
Invesco BulletShares 2031 Corporate Bond ETF (BSCV)
iShares Large Cap Max Buffer ETF (MAXJ)
BlackRock AAA CLO ETF (CLOA)
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485: Should You Invest in Defined Outcome (Buffer) ETFs?
476: Is Small Cap Dead? Why You Shouldn’t Abandon Small Company Stocks
472: Is the Economy as Bad as People Think?
464: More Ways to Lock in Higher Yields in Case Interest Rates Fall
463: How to Lock in Higher Yields in Case Interest Rates Fall
423: A “Safe” 6% Yield: The Case for Investment Grade CLOs
302: Investing is Not Knowing
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Should You Invest in an Ethereum ETF?
31 jul· Money For the Rest of Us
What is the investment case for Ethereum, and what are the risks? A straightforward review of what ether and Ethereum are, how they work, and what it will take for the Ethereum blockchain to be successful.
Topics covered include:
Who launched Ethereum ETFs and what are the feesHow Ethereum differs from BitcoinExamples of applications built on the Ethereum blockchain including NFTs, stablecoins, DAOs, and tokenized real-world assetsHow Ethereum has evolved to lower fees, reduce supply, cut its energy use, and increase capacityWhat is Ethereum staking and how much can investors earn doing soWhat will cause ether to go up in price
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Show Notes
Spot Ethereum ETFs begin trading today: Here's what you need to know by Jason Shubnell—The Block
The spot Ethereum ETFs' first week by the numbers by James Hunt—The Block
The Idols NFT—theidols.io
Read Write Own by Chris Dixon—readwriteown.com
Ethereum is the Only Institution-Friendly Smart Contract Chain by Qiao Wang—Medium
EthereumETH Staking—Coinbase
5 Ways to Stake Your Crypto Assets—Staking Rewards
Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade: Unleashing Scalability and Efficiency—bitpay
Solana vs. Ethereum: Which Is Better in 2024? —KuCoin
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462: Now Should You Buy a Bitcoin ETF?
373: Are Stablecoins Safe? Should You Own Them?
368: How to Invest in Web3, DAOs, and the Metaverse
339: How To Make Money with BlockFi, Dai, and the Evolving DeFi Ecosystem
335: Are Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) Good Investments?
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Are We Heading for a 2030s Depression? - Understanding Global Economic and Population Shifts
24 jul· Money For the Rest of Us
What we can monitor and do now in preparation for a 2030s depression, which may or may not arrive.
Topics covered include:
Why ITR Economics has been predicting a 2030s depression for over a decade.What are the early warning signs we can monitor for increasing risk of economic and financial turmoilWhat are U.S. and global population predictions by the Congressional Budget Office and the United NationsWhat is the status of Social Security and what would it take to make it more sustainableWhat are the impacts of a slowing or shrinking populationHow should we invest, and what other financial actions should we take in the face of long-term depression forecasts
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Show Notes
Top 5 Causes of the 2030s Great Depression—ITR Economics
The Demographic Outlook: 2024 to 2054—Congressional Budget Office
Testimony on Social Security’s Finances—Congressional Budget Office
World Population Prospects 2024—The United Nations
World Population Prospects 2024: Graphs/Profiles—The United Nations
America is uniquely ill-suited to handle a falling population—The Economist
Suddenly There Aren’t Enough Babies. The Whole World Is Alarmed. by Greg Ip and Janet Adamy—The Wall Street Journal
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479: National Debt Master Class Finale – What To Do
468: Lessons from Japan’s 34 Years of Stock Market Underperformance
395: How Population Trends Will Impact Growth, Inflation, Investing and Well Being
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How Retail Traders Lose Big While Enriching Wall Street
17 jul· Money For the Rest of Us
Gambling in the stock market is increasing, with most traders losing money while generating billions of dollars per year for brokerages and wholesalers. Will all this trading lead to big market swoons?
Topics covered include:
Why sports gambling has grown so muchHow gambling in the stock market is measured, and how prevalent is itWhy most traders lose money but continue to trade anywayHow uninformed traders improve market liquidity and encourage trading by informed tradingWhy being an asset allocator is more rewarding and as intellectually stimulating as trading
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Show Notes
How Stocks Became the Game That Record Numbers of Americans Are Playing by Claire Ballentine—Bloomberg
MURPHY, GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL. v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSN. ET AL. SYLLABUS—The Supreme Court of The United States
America's Sports Betting Boom by Felix Richter—Statista
Searching for Gambles: Gambling Sentiment and Stock Market Outcomes by Yao Chen, Alok Kumar, Chendi Zhang—SSRN
Stocks as Lotteries: the Implications of Probability Weighting for Security Prices by Nicholas Barberis and Ming Huang—SSRN
Day Trading for a Living? by Fernando Chague, Rodrigo De-Losso, Bruno Giovannetti—SSRN
Computer based trading system and methodology utilizing supply and demand analysis—Google Patents
Retail Trading in Options and the Rise of the Big Three Wholesalers—Svetlana Bryzgalova, Anna Pavlova, Taisiya Sikorskaya—SSRN
Amateurs Pile Into 24-Hour Options: ‘It’s Just Gambling’ by Gunjan Banerji—The Wall Street Journal
Retail Traders Love 0DTE Options... But Should They? by Heiner Beckmeyer, Nicole Branger, Leander Gayda—SSRN
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239: How to Be a Successful Trader
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Should You Invest in Defined Outcome Buffer ETFs?
10 jul· Money For the Rest of Us
Buffer ETFs protect against the downside while capping the upside. We examine them closely to see if they are worth it.
Topics covered include:
How buffer ETFs are structured and some current examplesHow buffer ETFs have performed over the past five yearsWhat are the risks of buffer ETFsHow loss aversion and narrow framing contribute to the popularity of buffer ETFsAre buffer ETFs worth it and what are some alternative strategies that could be used instead
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BlackRock Enters Booming Market for Stock ETFs With a 100% Hedge by Emily Graffeo—Bloomberg
New Stock ETF Offers 100% Hedge as Buffer Funds Nab $46 Billion by Emily Graffeo—Bloomberg
The Dynamics of Defined Outcome Exchange Traded Funds by Luis García-Feijóo and Brian Silverstein—SSRN
Monetizing Loss Aversion for Fun and Profit—Paul Kedrosky
Thirty Years of Prospect Theory in Economics: A Review and Assessment by Nicholas C. Barberis—Journal of Economic Perspectives
Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision Under Risk by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversk—ECONOMETRICA
Investments Mentioned
Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - January Series (UJAN)
Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - June Series (UJUN)
iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Jun ETF (MAXJ)
Innovator U.S. Equity Accelerated 9 Buffer ETF (XBJL)
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)
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465: Transforming Financial Regrets into Portfolio Gains: Five Strategies for Navigating Investment Emotions
460: Should You Be Invested 100% in Stocks Before and During Retirement? A Recent Study Says Yes.
451: How Much Should You Invest in Stocks? The Art of Position Sizing in a Volatile Market
394: How to Get Better at Risk Taking
321: How to Analyze Complex Investments
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7 Steps to Living a Long Life
26 jun· Money For the Rest of Us
Seven ways to increase the odds of living long into your retirement years (if you choose to retire).
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Show Notes
Podcast Stats: How many podcasts are there?—Listen Notes
Quality Over Quantity Is A Growth Strategy by Steven Goldstein—Amplifi Media
Slow Productivity by Cal Newport—Penguin Random House
Why our brains crave beauty, art and nature by Jemima Kelly—The Financial Times
Why southern Europeans will soon be the longest-lived people in the world—The Economist
What I’ve learnt from two decades eating in Paris by Simon Kuper—The Financial Times
Getting Good Sleep Could Add Years to Your Life—American College of Cardiology
Close friends can help you live longer but they can spread some bad habits too by Maggie Mertens—NPR
United we thrive: friendship and subsequent physical, behavioural and psychosocial health in older adults (an outcome-wide longitudinal approach) by E. S. Kim, W. J. Chopik, Y. Chen, R. Wilkinson and T. J. VanderWeele—Cambridge University Press
Why I’ve hung up my wellies and given up the country cottage by Tom Hodgkinson—The Financial Times
An Emersonian Guide to Taking Control of Your Life by Arthur C. Brooks—The Atlantic
Why you should never retire—The Economist
It’s not so ‘terribly strange to be 70’ by Anne Lamott—The Washington Post
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Don't Lose Access to Your Cash: Comparing Banks, Neobanks, and Fintech Platforms for Cash Savings
19 jun· Money For the Rest of Us
Millions of fintech app users have lost access to their cash. In this episode, we explain why this happened and show you how to protect yourself when placing cash with traditional banks, neobanks, and fintech platforms.
Topics covered include:
The mass chaos in the fintech space spawned by the bankruptcy of Synapse Financial TechnologiesWhat are FBO accounts, and why they are so troublesomeWhat is the difference between a traditional bank, a neo bank, and a non-bankWhat to look for and protect yourself when investing your cash savings
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CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE’S INITIAL STATUS REPORT BY UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FERNANDO VALLEY DIVISION—CourtListener
Fintech platform Synapse raises $33M to build ‘the AWS of banking’ by TechCrunch—Synapse
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"Full Reconciliation... May Not Be Possible," Synapse Trustee Says by Jason Mikula—Fintech Business Weekly
Mercury Seeking $30M From Synapse, Emergency Court Filing Reveals by Jason Mikula—Fintech Business Weekly
Infighting among fintech players has caused TabaPay to ‘pull out’ from buying bankrupt Synapse by Mary Ann Azevedo—TechCrunch
Fintech startup Copper forced to discontinue banking services amid Synapse fiasco by Taylor Soper—GeekWire
a16z-backed Tellus wants to offer consumers a much better savings rate. Here’s how. by Mary Ann Azevedo—TechCrunch
FDIC Demands Three Companies Cease Making False or Misleading Representations about Deposit Insurance—FDIC
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Home Insurance Is Clobbering Consumers. Yet It’s Barely Counted in Inflation. by Jeanna Smialek—The New York Times
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