Notable to me that every for-profit information hub is injecting AI into every corner of their services while the largest nonprofit information hub is fighting it off like their the Night's Watch

This is good news! It means wages (National Average Wage Index) have grown faster than prices (CPI-W).

Inheritance wise (assuming you have more than you need)... Gifting your kid $100k at 32 will positively impact them and their kids (your grandkids) 10x more than $1M+ when you die, and they're 55+ Their life is all but lived if you wait till you pass. Impact becomes minimal.

Living longer doesn’t always mean living well. The gap between life span and health span has serious financial implications. Planning ahead for healthcare costs is more important than ever! Great insights from Greg Iacurci CNBC on this important topic. cnbc.com/2024/10/09/lif…

Medicare Advantage is run by for profit insurance companies. They can ration your care and refuse to cover the doctors you like. If you get sick, to go back to traditional Medicare with a Medigap plan, you have to go through underwriting and they can deny you coverage.

There is something a lot of people forget to include as part of their estate plan... Pets. 🐾 It may sound silly to some, but A LOT of pets end up in places their owner likely would never have wanted them to end up - all because they weren't "accounted for" in the estate plan.

Your day is probably not going well when a) you're not a health care professional and yet b) you find yourself reading a paper about elective finger amputation. dupuytrens.org/wp-content/upl…

Insanely thrilling, top 100 for all books. 👇🏻 At some point I might be blasé about it but not yet.

Here's my message to young people: you wouldn't let a bunch of old people decide what music you're going to listen to or what clothes you're going to wear – so don't let them decide your future. Make a plan to vote today: IWillVote.com/Obama

Shocker: The CEO of Intuit (owner of TurboTax) doesn’t want you to know that they're lobbying to make your life harder – so much so that they asked a podcast to delete part of his interview. Give me a break. Whether he likes it or not, the IRS is expanding free Direct File.

Back the blue (except when cops are stopping a coup); support our troops (except when decorated officers describe Trump as fascist)

If you think this is a net-benefit to humanity, rather than a refinement of the already-weaponized engagement algo, you’re worried about the wrong things in AI. Not as a Meta investor, but as a human being in the USA, did you actually think “Gosh, what would make this world

I've become a huge evangelist for people loosening the purse strings earlier in their retirements, thanks to the work of Mike Piper and my own personal story. 👇 morningstar.com/retirement/we-…

I voted last week. Yes I was voting against Trump. But I was very much voting FOR Harris. Thrilled to vote for a person with experience in the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of government. A normal person with empathy who is genuinely seeking to serve.

Favor request: A person I know is looking to donate to a 501(c)(3) that gives money to young people of limited means, so they can start investing (e.g., "Here's $1,000 to open your first Roth IRA."). I have not yet found an org that does that. Do you know of one?

Did you miss the 2024 Bogleheads® conference? We have you covered! Videos of the sessions are now available - all for free! boglecenter.net/2024conference/

Not everyone who wants to attend a John C. Bogle Center for Financial Literacy conference can afford to, which is why we hire a professional crew to videotape all of the sessions. I'm proud to announce that you can now view EVERY conference session via the Bogle Center's website. Enjoy! boglecenter.net/2024conference/

Mike Piper joins me on the "Bogheheads on Investing" podcast to discuss what to do if named as the Executor of an estate, with special emphasis on surviving spouses. This is critical information we often avoid thinking about! John C. Bogle Center for Financial Literacy Mike Piper bogleheads.podbean.com/e/episode-79-m…

My column about my dear friend, @clementsmoney wsj.com/finance/invest…