The Practicing Stoic: A Froogal Stoodent review

Feeling Philosophical:
The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual by Ward Farnsworth - Notes and Quotes

Sixth in a series of book reviews by The Froogal Stoodent

If you're interested, you can find this book at Amazon.

I wasn't planning to do a review for the blog on this one. An overview of the philosophy of some ancient Greeks and Romans seems a little heavy and off-topic for this forum.

But it turns out that plenty of what I read is applicable to personal finance. Moreover, some of these quotes are too great not to share!

Links for February 2022

Links February 2022

Another way our healthcare is broken: https://www.dailyposter.com/youre-being-gouged-on-medicine-you-already-paid-for/

An interesting meditation on career progression from someone in the FIRE movement: https://www.fierymillennials.com/fire-and-career-progression/

The devil's in the details, as Financially Alert's Michael Quan found out when he accidentally wrote his son out of his inheritance: https://www.financiallyalert.com/how-i-accidentally-wrote-my-son-out-of-his-inheritance/

An insightful interview with someone who has done quite well for himself: https://esimoney.com/millionaire-interview-27/

Only tangentially related to money, but interesting nonetheless: https://www.vice.com/en/article/gq857b/these-guys-made-up-a-fake-case-to-get-on-judge-judy

The White Coat Investor does an excellent job explaining the pros and cons of debt. Yes, there are both: https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/how-to-think-about-debt/

Another excellent analysis from Lyn Alden: https://www.lynalden.com/qe-and-inequality/

Three articles on rethinking homeownership:

1. https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/01/16/home-ownership-is-the-wests-biggest-economic-policy-mistake
2. https://richandregular.com/the-fallacy-of-homeownership/
3. https://www.wisebread.com/the-fallacy-of-homeownership-as-a-sound-investment
4. This one's fairly dense and has some investing jargon, but it's incredibly insightful: https://byrnehobart.medium.com/the-30-year-mortgage-is-an-intrinsically-toxic-product-200c901746a

A helpful reminder from David at Filled With Money: https://filledwithmoney.com/slow-and-steady-wins-the-race/

Great advice: https://stevepomeranz.com/radio/steves-commentary/my-last-commentary-to-you-all/

Average retirement savings by age, and how to plan for the future: https://www.averageretirementsavingsguide.com

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When Genius Failed: A Froogal Stoodent review

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

A Froogal Stoodent Review

If you're interested, you can find this book at Amazon.

Fifth in a series of reviews by The Froogal Stoodent

In his book When Genius Failed, author Roger Lowenstein describes, as the subtitle puts it, The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management.

That means it reads like a novel—but it’s true.