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3 Things

A Wealth of Well-Being: A Holistic Approach to Behavioral Finance (VettaFI)
Is Social Security Going Bankrupt? (A Wealth of Common Sense)
Maybe Baby Boomers Won’t Tank the Stock Market by Cashing Out (CIO)

My Videos & Articles

How to Compare Two Bond Funds | Live Q&A Part 1 & Part 2
Here's When Social Security Runs Out of Money
I've started building pages listing the best cash-back cards by category from highest reward rate percentage to lowest (with a 2% minimum). Here's the list of grocery store cards. Let me know if I've missed a card that should be added.

ICYMI

Bitcoin and Gold Won’t Save You (Of Dollars and Data)
What Risks Do Near Retirees and Retirees Face from Inflation? (Research Paper)
Google's AI Assistant is incredible (Twitter video)
Transforming the National Gallery, one painting at a time (Apollo)
How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear (Mark Manson)
How the ‘Harvard of Trading’ Ruined Thousands of Young People’s Lives (Bloomberg)

What I'm Reading, Listening To, and Watching

I'm still reading The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson.
Both exciting and frightening at the same time--Introducing GPT-4o
Like many of you, I'm still trying to make sense of the redesign of Portfolio Visualizer.

Resources

CD Rates (which now includes no-penalty CDs)
Savings account/MMA Rates. Let me know what you think.
Best Bank Bonuses (up to $2,000)

NEW: A very popular travel credit card just increased its signup bonus. It's now worth $750 cash or over $900 in travel. Here are the details.

Best,

Rob Berger

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