Category: Links

The Economist on who is hurt most by protectionist policies: (hint): if you buy more from China, you benefit more. But the poorest 10% of consumers would lose 63% of… Read more »

Two weeks worth of links because I was gone at conferences last week — XYPN and FinCon. Summary posts to come. NYT Article on Chilean Pensions: Spoiler: they are very… Read more »

Short links this week, China and monetary policy are two areas that almost anyone who considers themselves financially savvy probably has an opinion in which they are too confident by… Read more »

Scott Sumner on monetary offset: Understanding the implications of monetary offset is one of the prerequisites for intelligent conversation of economics. There are so many fallacies here one hardly knows… Read more »

Joseph Belth on Long Term Care Insurance: Whether Long Term Care Insurance (LTCI) is necessary or wise is a common question when people are nearing retirement. The topic deserves a… Read more »

Short links this week, not much caught my eye as particularly good. These three are the exception, and I think they are exceptionally good. CuriousGnu post on the profitability of… Read more »

Back with the best links of the week, don’t engage in public discourse without reading them, or you’ll make us all dumber. Ramit Sethi on young people ‘investing’ in a… Read more »

Fresh links are back in your eyedrums. Larry Swedroe put out a piece a couple of weeks ago about the costs of socially responsible investing: I wrote a blog about… Read more »

Mostly investment/market focused this week: WCI on how to retire in 10 years: He’s focused on doctors, but really any high income professional has the option open to them to… Read more »