The Investor's Newsletter

Good morning Freedom Fighters:

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Reminder: The next live show is tomorrow, Monday (August 5th), at 7 pm ET. You can subscribe to the YouTube channel where the show is broadcast here.

New Retirement Live Show: This Thursday, August 8th at 7 pm ET, I'll have a special live show where I'll answer your questions about New Retirement, we'll do some retirement planning together, and I'm sure chess will somehow be involved! Feel free to send me questions in advance of the show.

You can check out New Retirement here.

3 Things

1. How One Man Lost $740,000 to Scammers Targeting His Retirement Savings (NY Times) (if you don't have a subscription, you may be able to read this important article here)

2. The Sustainable Path is the Only Path (Of Dollars And Data)

3. How to Bridge a Retirement Shortfall (Morningstar)

My Videos & Articles

Warren Buffett is Selling Stocks--Should we?

ICYMI

It seems . . . (Seth Godin)
The tooth fairy (Seth Godin)
Projection: Social Security COLA for 2025 should be around 2.7% (TIPS Watch)
7 Questions I’m Pondering (A Wealth of Common Sense)
$656,000 of Frugal Things I Still Love Doing (MMM)
The skydiver who survived a 14,000-foot fall (ESPN)

What I'm Reading, Listening To, and Watching

I finished A System for Writing: How an Unconventional Approach to Note-Making Can Help You Capture Ideas, Think Wildly, and Write Constantly - A Zettelkasten Primer. It was very good.
I started listening to Lex Fridman's interview of Elon Musk. Excellent. Warning--it's 8+ hours long!
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. I love books on the early church, particularly those related to the formation and transmission of the Bible.

Resources

I send out a separate newsletter from Allcards that covers credit cards and banking. You can sign up here.

Are are a few interesting offers:

We created a list of business credit cards that pay at least 5% cash back on one or more categories.
American Express increased the welcome offer on its Business Gold Card by 30,000 Membership Rewards points (now 100k)
Capital One increased its welcome offer on the Venture Rewards Card that's valued at $1,000 when used for travel.

Best, Rob Berger

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