Links for September 2025

Links for September 2025

https://www.fidelity.com/learning-center/personal-finance/best-states-for-taxes?ccsource=em_NB_1058859_FIDBITS_0225_20250314103051_T102040102_SFID_653293

https://fortune.com/2025/01/30/job-hunt-candidates-applying-a-year-ghosting/

No matter what the official reports from the BLS say, there's a whole lot of people with experiences like this. In fact, a number of years ago, I even experienced ghosting on my job search. The government can say that there are thousands of new jobs, but I'm not so sure...

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChubbyFIRE/comments/1f2vq2w/40_with_an_85m_net_worth_and_a_burntout_soul_but/?rdt=52881

Interesting conundrum. Maybe a candidate for retiring to "consulting" work, or a "job" related to a hobby, or something similar. 

https://ofdollarsanddata.com/proof-of-work/

Great point about crypto, tech, and bubbles in general!

https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2023/06/the-evolution-of-financial-advice/

https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/2025071592/my-grandmother-disinherited-my-father-yet-made-him-executor-of-her-will-now-he-refuses-to-file-for-probate

CEO pay actually declined a little bit from 2022 to 2023! https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2023/

...or did it? https://news.gsu.edu/2025/06/19/study-reveals-companies-may-be-massaging-ceo-pay-ratios-without-changing-actual-pay/

Yep, sounds about right. CEOs are the new kings. 

How to fix this? A couple videos with interesting suggestions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ZV1ualw48 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k6czLUdJPI