Update: As of 2026, the partnership between Marcus and AARP appears to have ended. The information on this post is expired. This is a multi-part deal, but you may already have some of these accounts. Marcus is the online banking arm of … [Read the rest]
The Internet Archive (IA) is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." They have a lot going on, from the Wayback machine that archives websites (including this one) to old video games to TV shows … [Read the rest]
There are many excellent insights within Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. A useful everyday tip is that you should accept that you have behavioral biases and that they don't go … [Read the rest]
Like many folks, I recently enjoyed the excellent musical Hamilton for the first time on Disney+. I'm a bit embarrassed to say it was also very educational (yes, I know its not 100% historically accurate). I never really thought about how … [Read the rest]
The fourth and final book in the "Investing for Adults" series by William Bernstein is Rational Expectations: Asset Allocation for Investing Adults. In Book 1: The Ages of the Investor, I learned to take advantage of a lucky streak in stocks and … [Read the rest]
Thanks to generous assistance from a reader, I was able to spend some time poking around the new Money in Excel template for Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscribers. Does it fulfill its promise of helping you "see all your financial accounts … [Read the rest]
Just a quick note that there is a new streaming service, Peacock by NBC Universal. What makes it different than Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, and other services is that it has a 100% free tier (with ads) that includes a lot of decent content including … [Read the rest]
The summer lemonade stand remains the iconic entrepreneurial opportunity for kids. Well, maybe not this summer. Country Time Lemonade is starting the Littlest Bailout Relief Fund, which is a $100,000 fund to send $100 stimulus checks to 1,000 … [Read the rest]
Some of you may remember the Pizza Hut "Book It!" program during your elementary school years that encouraged reading using free pizza as a reward. Well, it still exists in the form of Camp Book It!: Parents, join us for our first ever Camp BOOK … [Read the rest]
The third book in the "Investing for Adults" series by William Bernstein is Deep Risk: How History Informs Portfolio Design. As before, I'm just trying to pull out a few practical takeaways rather than summarize the entire book. In Book 1: The … [Read the rest]
Update: The free Open Social Security tool has been updated to include a new "heat map" visualization that illustrates the relative values of claiming Social Security at different ages. Details here. Here is a sample graph for a couple with … [Read the rest]
Here is a SiriusXM promotion link where you can sign up for a free 3-month trial of either their Essential or Premium streaming tiers (includes Howard Stern) and also get an Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen) smart speaker for only $1. After signing up, … [Read the rest]
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