A Wealth of Common Sense

I also covered questions about the SpaceX IPO, investing in bonds during retirement, AI’s impact on the labor market, supporting your in-laws who didn’t save enough for retirement and balancing all of your financial goals in retirement. Further Reading: Is This a Bubble? 1Communication services is basically tech. The biggest holdings are Google and Meta. The post On the Inevita...

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I was interviewing for a job right out of college at a financial institution. It went okay but I never got called back for a second interview. A friend applied for the same role and made the second round of interviews. He eventually got a job in the training program. I asked him how he made it through. My brother was friends with one of the hiring managers. I got lucky. Luc...

Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by Franklin Templeton: To learn more about Franklin Templeton’s full range of muni bond ETFs, SMAs, and mutual funds, visit franklintempleton.com/munis. On today’s show, we discuss: How interest rates and credit risk drive muni bond price volatility Why rising yields represent an opportunity for fixed income investors The case for m...

Someone alerted me Risk & Reward was the best seller1 in stock market investing this week: It’s a pretty eclectic mix of investment styles here. You have value investing (Benjamin Graham), growth investing (William O’Neill), risk management (Nassim Taleb), stock-picking (Jim Cramer) and some day trading books. This is what makes a market. Something for everyone. It’s a...