- White Coat Investor with one of his best (imo) posts in a while on debt: Anyone with high income and debt would benefit from reading this with an eye toward critically examining their priorities.
Therefore, if you are a doctor with a car loan, you probably have terrible money management skills. The status symbol isn’t driving a fancy car; it’s driving a paid-for car.
- In what is certainly unfair to the rest of the financial advisor-centric blogosphere, not only does Kitces put out the best content, he also has great guest posts. This one, from Derek Coburn, on Networking, specifically networking to help existing clients: Everyone knows intrinsically that networking to help yourself reeks of desperation and never works, but the distinction Derek draws between networking as what I’d call ‘shotgun karma’ is a lot less effective than thoughtful networking between two parties who can certainly help each other, especially if you already have a strong relationship with one of those parties.
Of course I still needed to keep exceeding expectations as a financial advisor (you know, do my job), but I realized that by doing something valuable for clients, I could effectively eliminate my competition. Actively helping clients grow their bottom line is the Ultimate Tiebreaker.
- H/t to David Henderson on this link to Bastiat on what is seen and not seen: Always humbling to read someone from 165 years ago eloquently (shoutout to the translator) describing issues that humanity is still grappling with.
There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen.
- Love this Kitces article on retirement spending with an IRA and non-IRA dollars: Great examples of the concept that if you could, you would always bring yourself to the same marginal tax bracket each year in your life.
Book Review:
I recently read (re-read? I think I listened to the audiobook before) The 4-Hour Workweek, which if you haven’t read it, has extremely little to do with working four hours per week, and everything to do with eliminating inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and self-imposed restrictions in your life.
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